Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 173 Shloka 29 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

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Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवमुकक्‍त्वा तु गाड़ेयो धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्‌ । धृतराष्ट्रमथामन्त्रय काले वचनमत्रवीत्‌,धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिस्से ऐसा कहकर गंगानन्दन भीष्मने धृतराष्ट्रको पुकारकर उनसे यह समयोचित वचन कहा--

Transliteration

evam uktvā tu gāḍeyo dharmaputraṁ yudhiṣṭhiram | dhṛtarāṣṭram athāmantrya kāle vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

ధర్మపుత్రుడైన యుధిష్ఠిరునితో ఇలా చెప్పిన గంగానందనుడు భీష్ముడు, తరువాత ధృతరాష్ట్రుని పిలిచి, సందర్భానుగుణమైన సమయోచిత వచనాన్ని పలికాడు.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

तुbut/and then

गाङ्गेयःGāṅgeya (Bhīṣma, son of Gaṅgā)

धर्मपुत्रम्the son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

धृतराष्ट्रम्Dhṛtarāṣṭra

अथthen

आमन्त्र्यhaving addressed/called

कालेat the proper time

वचनम्a speech/words

अत्रhere

अवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya, son of Gaṅgā)

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Gaṅgā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the importance of kāla—speaking and acting in a manner appropriate to the time and circumstance. Bhīṣma, as an elder authority on dharma, frames counsel as something that must be timely and context-sensitive to be ethically effective.

What is happening in the narrative?

After completing a preceding statement, Bhīṣma turns from Yudhiṣṭhira to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, formally calling him and delivering advice suited to the moment, continuing the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional discourse.