Shloka 7

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी तपस्या वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य तद्‌ वचन श्रुत्वा स्नेहादागतसम्भ्रम: । भीष्मो भागीरथीपुत्र इदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! युधिष्ठिरका यह वचन सुनकर स्नेहके आवेशसे युक्त हो गंगापुत्र भीष्मने यह बात कही

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā snehād āgata-sambhramaḥ | bhīṣmo bhāgīrathī-putra idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำของเขาแล้ว ภีษมะ—โอรสแห่งภาคีรถี (คงคา)—ผู้ถูกขับเคลื่อนด้วยความเอ็นดูและสะท้านด้วยอารมณ์ จึงกล่าวถ้อยคำนี้ตอบ

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तस्यof him / his

तत्that

वचनम्speech, words

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

स्नेहात्from affection

आगतसम्भ्रमःone whose agitation/excitement has arisen (come on)

भीष्मःBhīṣma

भागीरथीपुत्रःson of Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)

इदम्this

वचनम्speech, statement

अत्रवीत्said, spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣma

Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Janamejaya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames ethical instruction as arising from affectionate responsibility: an elder (Bhīṣma) responds to a king’s query with care and seriousness, signaling that dharma is best transmitted through compassionate, attentive counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration to King Janamejaya, Yudhiṣṭhira has spoken; upon hearing him, Bhīṣma—emotionally stirred by affection—begins his reply, introducing the next segment of Bhīṣma’s teachings.