Shloka 51

Devanagari script

चिरकारी शस्त्र त्यागकर अपने पिताको प्रणाम कर रहे हैं ईर्ष्याजं व्यसन प्राहुस्तेन चैवोर्ध्वरेतस: । ईर्ष्यया त्वहमाक्षिप्तो मग्नो दुष्कृतसागरे,'ऊ्ध्वरेता मुनि उस प्रमादके ही कारण ईर्ष्याजनित संकटकी प्राप्ति बताते हैं; ईष्यनि मुझे पापके समुद्रमें ठकेल दिया है और मैं उसमें डूब गया हूँ

Transliteration

īrṣyājaṃ vyasanaṃ prāhus tena caivordhvaretaḥ | īrṣyayā tv aham ākṣipto magno duṣkṛtasāgare ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—ఊర్ధ్వరేతస ముని చెప్పినట్లు, ఆ ప్రమాదం నుంచే ఈర్ష్యాజనిత విపత్తు పుడుతుంది. ఈర్ష్య నన్ను పాపకర్మల సముద్రంలోకి తోసివేసింది; నేను అందులో మునిగిపోయాను.

Word by Word

ईर्ष्याजम्born of envy

व्यसनम्calamity, misfortune

प्राहुःthey said/declare

तेनby that, because of that

चand

एवindeed, just

ऊर्ध्वरेतसःthe celibate/continent one (lit. one whose semen is upward)

ईर्ष्ययाby envy

तुbut, however

अहम्I

आक्षिप्तःthrown, cast

मग्नःsunk, immersed

दुष्कृतसागरेin the ocean of evil deeds/sin

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Urdhvaretas (sage)

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?

Jealousy (īrṣyā), arising from heedlessness (pramāda), becomes a destructive vice that drags a person into wrongdoing; vigilance and self-restraint are implied as the antidotes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma cites the authority of the sage Urdhvaretas and confesses his own moral downfall: jealousy struck him and plunged him into a figurative ‘ocean of sin,’ expressing remorse and warning against envy.