Shloka 28
Devanagari script
पतितो5पि महाराज भूतले स्मृतिमानभूत् । प्रसादयामास भृगुं शापान्तो मे भवेदिति
Transliteration
patito 'pi mahārāja bhūtale smṛtimān abhūt | prasādayāmāsa bhṛguṁ śāpānto me bhaved iti ||
Translation
ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่มหาราช แม้ตกลงสู่พื้นดินแล้ว เขาก็มิได้สูญสิ้นสติสัมปชัญญะ เขาพยายามทำให้ภฤคุพอพระทัย โดยคิดว่า ‘ขอให้คำสาปของเราสิ้นสุดลงเถิด’”
Word by Word
पतितःfallen
पतितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित (√पत्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भूतलेon the ground/earth-surface
भूतले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूतल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्मृतिमान्possessed of memory
स्मृतिमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्मृतिमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभूत्became/was
अभूत्:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
प्रसादयामासpropitiated/pleased
प्रसादयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+√सद् (causative: प्रसादयति)
FormPerfect periphrastic (Liṭ, आम-प्रयोग), 3rd, Singular
भृगुम्Bhṛgu
भृगुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शापान्तःthe end of the curse
शापान्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशापान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेof me/my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
भवेत्may be/might become
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√भू
FormOptative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular
इतिthus/so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaB
BhṛguM
Mahārāja (addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)B
Bhūtala (the earth/ground)Ś
Śāpa (curse)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even in distress or humiliation, one should retain composure and act ethically—seeking reconciliation and relief through respectful, dharmic means (here, propitiating a sage), rather than reacting with anger or despair.
Bhīṣma narrates that a person, though fallen to the ground, remained mentally steady and approached the sage Bhṛgu to pacify him, hoping that the curse affecting him would be brought to an end.