Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्यैवं खिद्यमानस्य धर्म परममास्थित: । कदाचिदतिथि: प्राप्तो ब्राह्मण: सुसमाहितः

Transliteration

tasyaivaṁ khidyamānasya dharma-paramam āsthitaḥ | kadācid atithiḥ prāpto brāhmaṇaḥ su-samāhitaḥ ||

Translation

అతడు ఈ విధంగా అంతరంగంలో బాధపడుతున్నప్పటికీ పరమధర్మంలో స్థిరుడై ఉండగా, ఒకసారి సుసమాహితుడైన బ్రాహ్మణుడు అతిథిగా అతని గృహానికి వచ్చాడు।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• खिद्यमानस्य: of (him) being distressed/afflicted
• खिद्यमानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: खिद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्)

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: having resorted to / established in
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past active participle (क्त)

• कदाचित्: once; at some time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: arrived; having come
• प्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सु-समाहितः: well-composed; fully concentrated
• सु-समाहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त) with उपसर्गs; prefixed by सु-

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• a Brahmin guest (atithi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid personal distress, one should remain established in the highest dharma; the arrival of an atithi (guest) becomes an ethical occasion to practice righteousness through hospitality, restraint, and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person who has been suffering and reflecting is described as still adhering to supreme dharma. At that moment, a composed Brahmin arrives as a guest, setting up the next episode where the host’s values will be tested through the duties owed to an atithi.