Shloka 33

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

दृष्टं हि सहदेवेन दिश॑ विजयता तदा । ततस्तां समलंकृत्य कन्यामाहृतवाससम्‌

Transliteration

dṛṣṭaṃ hi sahadevena diśaṃ vijayatā tadā | tatastāṃ samalaṅkṛtya kanyāmāhṛtavāsasam ||

Translation

ఆ సమయంలో దిక్విజయం చేస్తూ సహదేవుడు ఆమెను చూచెను. తరువాత ఆ కన్యను సక్రమంగా అలంకరించి, ఆమెకు వస్త్రాలు తెప్పించెను.

Word by Word

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सहदेवेन: by Sahadeva
• सहदेवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• दिशः: the directions/quarters
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• विजयता: while conquering / by the conqueror
• विजयता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ताम्: her/that (woman)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समलंकृत्य: having adorned
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अलं + कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (अव्ययभाव/ल्यप्), Active

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आहृत: brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हृ
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वाससम्: garment/clothing
• वाससम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sahadeva
• kanyā (a maiden)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid political conquest, conduct should remain governed by dharma—showing restraint, propriety, and protective responsibility toward those encountered, especially the vulnerable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Sahadeva, during his campaign of conquest, saw a maiden; afterward she was respectfully adorned and provided with garments, indicating formal, courtly handling of the situation.