Shloka 51

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

न ते सौम्य भयं कार्य जीविष्यसि यथासुखम्‌ | अहं त्वामुद्धरिष्यामि यदि मां न जिघांससि

Transliteration

na te saumya bhayaṁ kārya jīviṣyasi yathāsukham | ahaṁ tvām uddhariṣyāmi yadi māṁ na jighāṁsasi ||

Translation

ดูก่อนผู้สุภาพ เจ้าไม่จำต้องหวาดกลัว เจ้าจะมีชีวิตอยู่อย่างผาสุก หากเจ้าละความประสงค์จะฆ่าข้าเสีย ข้าจะกู้เจ้าจากภยันตรายนี้

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: any, Dative, Singular

• सौम्य: O gentle one
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कार्यम्: to be done/necessary
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जीविष्यसि: you will live
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सुखम्: happily/comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: any, Accusative, Singular

• उद्धरिष्यामि: I will rescue/lift up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: any, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जिघांससि: you wish to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Desiderative (san) of √हन्: जिघांस-

• सौम्य: O gentle one
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fear is dispelled through assurance and ethical restraint: if one abandons violent intent, protection and deliverance become possible. The verse frames safety and well-being as arising from renouncing the impulse to harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses someone respectfully as “saumya,” calming them and offering rescue from danger on the condition that they give up the intention to kill him—turning a hostile stance into a path for protection.