Shloka 47

Devanagari script

नूनं तत्रागतो देवो यथा तैर्वागुदीरिता

Transliteration

nūnaṃ tatrāgato devo yathā tair vāg udīritā

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: “Tunay ngang may banal na presensiyang dumating doon, sapagkat ang mga salitang kanilang binigkas ay may di-mapagkakamaliang tatak ng mga diyos.”

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आगतः: come, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: the god, deity
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वाक्: speech, words
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उदीरिता: uttered, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• deva (divine being/presence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech that is truthful, elevated, and aligned with dharma is treated as a sign of higher authority; Bhīṣma implies that words can reveal the presence of the divine and should therefore be received with reverence and moral seriousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, while instructing in the Śānti Parva, interprets the manner and quality of certain uttered words as evidence that a divine being (or divine influence) has arrived or is at work in that situation.