Shloka 186

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

साहं तस्मिन्‌ कुले जाता भर्तर्यसति मद्विधे | विनीता मोक्षधर्मेषु चराम्येका मुनिव्रतम्‌

Transliteration

sāhaṃ tasmin kule jātā bhartary asati madvidhe | vinītā mokṣadharmeṣu carāmy ekā munivratam ||

Translation

నేను ఆ కులంలోనే జన్మించాను; అయినా నాకు భర్త లేడు—నేను నా స్వరూపానికే తగిన స్వతంత్రురాలిని. మోక్షధర్మ శిక్షణలో వినీతగా తయారై, ఇప్పుడు నేను ఒంటరిగా జీవిస్తూ మునివ్రతాన్ని ఆచరిస్తున్నాను.

Word by Word

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुले: family, lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जाता: born
• जाता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• भर्तरि: in (my) husband
• भर्तरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• असति: being absent / not existing
• असति: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle), used as adjective to भर्तरि

• मद्विधे: in one like me
• मद्विधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्विध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विनीता: disciplined, trained
• विनीता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• मोक्षधर्मेषु: in the doctrines of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• चरामि: I practice / I live
• चरामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Present, Indicative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एका: alone
• एका: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिव्रतम्: the vow/observance of a sage
• मुनिव्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिव्रत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• a woman narrator (implied by feminine forms sā, jātā, vinītā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when social circumstances (such as being without a husband) are difficult or unconventional, one can transform life through discipline and instruction in mokṣa-dharma, adopting a principled, ascetic mode of conduct aimed at liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhishma’s discourse on mokṣa-dharma in the Śānti Parva, a female voice (quoted or referenced) describes her life: born into a particular lineage, left without a husband, she has been trained in liberative teachings and now lives alone practicing a sage-like vow.