Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 126

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

ययावानयितुं भूय: सायकानसितेक्षणा । कजरारे नेत्रोंवाली वह कल्याणमयी देवी एक जगह दो ही घड़ी ठहरकर पतिके शापके भयसे पुनः उन बाणोंको लानेके लिये चल दी

Transliteration

yayāv ānayituṃ bhūyaḥ sāyakān asitekṣaṇā | kajarāre netrōṃvālī vah kalyāṇamayī devī eka jagaha do hī ghaṛī ṭhaharakara patike śāpake bhayase punaḥ una bāṇōṃko lāneke liye cala dī ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: Ang mapagpalang ginang na may maitim na mga mata ay muling naglakbay upang kunin ang mga palaso. Matapos huminto nang saglit lamang sa isang pook, nagpatuloy siya upang mabawi ang mga iyon, sapagkat nangingibabaw sa kanya ang takot sa sumpa ng kanyang asawa.

Word by Word

• ययौ: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गमन)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), 3, singular

• आनयितुम्: to bring
• आनयितुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयन) + आ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• भूयः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• असितेक्षणा: she of dark-eyed gaze (dark-eyed woman)
• असितेक्षणा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असित-ईक्षणा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the auspicious dark-eyed lady (devī)
• arrows (sāyakāḥ)
• husband (pati)
• curse (śāpa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral force attributed to spoken words—especially a curse—and how social and marital obligations can impel immediate action. It implicitly warns about the gravity of utterances and the ethical weight they carry in dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

A dark-eyed, auspicious woman briefly halts and then sets out again to bring back arrows, motivated by fear of her husband’s curse. Bhishma narrates this as part of a larger account in the Anushasana Parva.