Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 173 Shloka 48 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

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Shloka 48

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु गाड़ेय: पाण्डवानिदमब्रवीत्‌ | धृतराष्ट्रमुखां श्वापि सर्वाश्व सुहृदस्तथा,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! भगवान्‌के ऐसा कहनेपर गंगानन्दन भीष्मने पाण्डवों तथा धृतराष्ट्र आदि सभी सुहृदोंसे कहा--

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktas tu gāṅgeyaḥ pāṇḍavān idam abravīt | dhṛtarāṣṭra-mukhāṃś ca api sarvān sva-suhṛdas tathā ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—జనమేజయా, భగవంతుడు ఇలా చెప్పిన తరువాత గంగాపుత్రుడు భీష్ముడు పాండవులకు, అలాగే ధృతరాష్ట్రుని ముందుంచి సమస్త సుహృదులకు ఈ మాటలు చెప్పాడు.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

तुbut/then

गाङ्गेयःthe son of Gaṅgā (Bhīṣma)

पाण्डवान्the Pāṇḍavas

इदम्this

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

धृतराष्ट्रमुखान्those headed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra

चand

अपिalso

सर्वान्all

चand

सुहृदःwell-wishers/friends

तथाlikewise/also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma)

Pāṇḍavas

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 signals that dharma-instruction is not private advice to a single party but guidance to be heard by all stakeholders—Pāṇḍavas, the elder king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and the wider circle of well-wishers—underscoring shared moral accountability within a royal family and polity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a transition: after being addressed, Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya) begins speaking. His forthcoming discourse is directed to the Pāṇḍavas and also to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and other allies/kinsmen present, setting the scene for a public, authoritative instruction.