Shloka 30

Devanagari script

काले विभूतिं भूतानामुपहारांस्तथैव च । अर्हयन्‌ पुरुषव्याप्र साधूनामाश्रमे वसेत्‌

Transliteration

kāle vibhūtiṃ bhūtānām upahārāṃs tathaiva ca | arhayann puruṣavyāghra sādhūnām āśrame vaset ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ พยัคฆ์ท่ามกลางมนุษย์ ในกาลอันควรพึงให้เกียรติแก่สภาวะและความจำเป็นของสรรพชีวิต และถวายทานอันเหมาะสมด้วย เมื่อแสดงความเคารพเช่นนี้แล้ว พึงพำนักในอาศรมของผู้ทรงศีล”

Word by Word

• काले: at the proper time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विभूतिम्: prosperity; due share/portion (of honor)
• विभूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• उपहारान्: offerings; gifts
• उपहारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपहार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्हयन्: honoring; treating with due respect
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Participle (present active)

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• साधूनाम्: of the virtuous/good people
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage/āśrama
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वसेत्: should dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Optative, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• puruṣavyāghra (addressed noble man)
• sādhūnām āśrama (hermitage of the virtuous)
• bhūtāni (living beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Act with propriety and timeliness: honor beings appropriately and give suitable offerings, and cultivate dharma by living in the company and discipline of the virtuous (sādhus) in an āśrama-like setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhishma instructs the listener (addressed as ‘puruṣavyāghra’) on righteous conduct after the war, emphasizing respectful giving and the value of residing among the virtuous to stabilize one’s ethical life.