Shloka 37

Droṇa–Vidura–Gāndhārī Counsel in the Royal Assembly (धर्मार्थयुक्ता सभा-उपदेश-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

अयाचं भ्रातृदारेषु तदा व्यासं महामुनिम्‌ | सह मात्रा महाराज प्रसाद्य तमृषिं तदा

Transliteration

ayācaṁ bhrātṛdāreṣu tadā vyāsaṁ mahāmunim | saha mātrā mahārāja prasādya tam ṛṣiṁ tadā ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ต่อมา ข้าแต่มหาราช ข้าพเจ้าพร้อมมารดาได้ทูลวิงวอนมหามุนีวยาสะ ครั้นทำให้ฤๅษีท่านนั้นพอพระทัยแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าจึงขอให้ท่านให้กำเนิดโอรสในหมู่ชายาของน้องชาย โอ้ผู้เป็นเครื่องประดับแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ มหาฤๅษีทรงเมตตาและให้กำเนิดโอรสสามองค์จากสตรีเหล่านั้น”

Word by Word

• अयाचम्: I requested/begged
• अयाचम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भ्रातृदारेषु: among/with respect to the brother’s wives
• भ्रातृदारेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृदार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• व्यासम्: Vyāsa
• व्यासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महामुनिम्: the great sage
• महामुनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• मात्रा: with (my) mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated/pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिम्: the sage
• ऋषिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vyasa (Krishna Dvaipayana)
• Bhishma's mother (Ganga, implied by 'mātrā')
• the brother's wives/widows (Ambika and Ambalika; also the maid/servant in the broader episode)
• the King addressed (Dhritarashtra, in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights a dharmic priority in royal life: preserving the lineage and stability of the kingdom through sanctioned means (niyoga), carried out with consent-seeking, restraint, and reverence toward spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma recounts how he persuaded his mother and others, then approached the sage Vyasa and requested him to father children with his deceased brother’s widows, resulting (in the wider episode) in the birth of three sons who continue the Kuru line.