Shloka 128

Devanagari script

रोगार्तो मुच्यते रोगाद्‌ बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात्‌ । भयान्मुच्येत भीतस्तु मुच्येतापन्न आपद:,रोगातुर पुरुष रोगसे छूट जाता है, बन्धनमें पड़ा हुआ पुरुष बन्धनसे छूट जाता है, भयभीत भयसे छूट जाता है और आपत्तिमें पड़ा हुआ आपत्तिसे छूट जाता है

Transliteration

rogārto mucyate rogād baddho mucyeta bandhanāt | bhayān mucyeta bhītastu mucyetāpanna āpadaḥ ||

Translation

రోగంతో బాధపడువాడు రోగం నుండి విముక్తుడవుతాడు; బంధనంలో ఉన్నవాడు బంధనమునుండి విడుదలవుతాడు. భయపడినవాడు భయం నుండి విడిపోతాడు; ఆపదలో పడినవాడు ఆపద నుండి రక్షింపబడతాడు.

Word by Word

रोगार्तःone afflicted by disease

मुच्यतेis freed

रोगात्from disease

बद्धःone who is bound

मुच्येतwould be freed / may be freed

बन्धनात्from bondage

भयात्from fear

मुच्येतwould be freed / may be freed

भीतःone who is afraid

तुbut/indeed

मुच्येतwould be freed / may be freed

आपन्नःone who has fallen into / afflicted by

आपदःfrom calamity

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the possibility of deliverance from major forms of human distress—illness, imprisonment, fear, and calamity—encouraging steadiness and trust that adverse conditions are not permanent and can be overcome through right means and support aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma and right conduct. Here he states a general maxim about relief from afflictions, functioning as reassurance within his broader ethical counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira.