Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सदैव भरतश्रेष्ठ मा ते5भूदत्र संशय: । अन्धो जड इवाशड्की यद्‌ ब्रवीमि तदाचर

Transliteration

sadaiva bharataśreṣṭha mā te 'bhūd atra saṁśayaḥ | andho jaḍa ivāśaṅkī yad bravīmi tad ācara ||

Translation

اے بھرتوں میں سب سے برتر! اس بارے میں تمہارے دل میں کبھی شک نہ آئے۔ جو کچھ میں کہوں اسے اندھے اور ساکت کی طرح بےشک قبول کرو اور اسی کے مطابق عمل کرو۔

Word by Word

• सदैव: always, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• अभूत्: may there be / may arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्धः: blind (person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जडः: dull, inert (person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अशङ्की: without suspicion, unhesitating
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शङ्किन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present (laṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचर: practice, do, follow
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bharata (dynastic epithet: Bharataśreṣṭha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma urges unwavering trust in his dharma-instruction: the listener should set aside doubt and implement the guidance in practice, emphasizing disciplined obedience to well-grounded counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Bhīṣma continues instructing a Bharata prince (typically Yudhiṣṭhira) and insists that his directives be followed without hesitation or second-guessing.