Shloka 1

Aṣṭāvakra and the Woman: Disclosure, Permission, and Marital Resolution (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय २२)

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १०५ श्लोक हैं) नल्लजा5 >> 7 जा विशो<ध्याय: अष्टावक्र और उत्तर दिशाका संवाद भीष्म उवाच अथ सा स्त्री तमुवाच बाढमेवं भवत्विति । तैलं दिव्यमुपादाय स्नानशाटीमुपानयत्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | atha sā strī tam uvāca bāḍham evaṁ bhavatv iti | tailaṁ divyam upādāya snānaśāṭīm upānayat |

Translation

భీష్ముడు అన్నాడు—అప్పుడు ఆ స్త్రీ అతనితో, “బాఢం, మీరు చెప్పినట్లే అవుగాక” అని చెప్పింది. అలా చెప్పి దివ్య తైలాన్ని తీసుకొని స్నానవస్త్రాన్ని తెచ్చింది.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्त्री: woman
• स्त्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाढम्: certainly; very well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम्

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भवतु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तैलम्: oil
• तैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपादाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (sense)

• स्नानशाटीम्: bathing-cloth; bath-garment
• स्नानशाटीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नानशाटी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपानयत्: brought; presented
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-नी
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a woman (strī)
• divine oil (tailaṁ divyam)
• bathing-cloth (snānaśāṭī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Read ethically, the verse highlights readiness to cooperate in a dharmic course of action and the importance of preparatory purity—material arrangements (oil, bathing cloth) supporting a larger moral or spiritual purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman agrees to what has been proposed (“So be it”) and immediately brings divine oil and a bathing cloth, indicating preparations for bathing/ablution or a purificatory procedure within the ongoing dialogue.