Shloka 49

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्त्वा हेमगर्भाणि हित्वा तानि फलानि वै | ऋषयो जम्मुरन्यत्र सर्व एव धृतव्रता:,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! यह कहकर उन सुवर्णयुक्त फलोंका परित्याग करके वे समस्त व्रतधारी महर्षि वहाँसे अन्यत्र चले गये

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | ity uktvā hemagarbhāṇi hitvā tāni phalāni vai | ṛṣayo jagmur anyatra sarva eva dhṛtavratāḥ |

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—اے یُدھشٹھِر! یوں کہہ کر وہ سب ثابت قدم رِشی اُن سونے سے بھرے پھلوں کو ترک کر کے وہاں سے کہیں اور روانہ ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

हेमगर्भाणिgold-containing / golden

हित्वाhaving abandoned

तानिthose

फलानिfruits

वैindeed

ऋषयःsages

जग्मुःwent

अन्यत्रelsewhere

सर्वेall

एवjust/indeed

धृतव्रताःfirm in vows / vow-observant

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Ṛ

Ṛṣayaḥ (sages)

Hemagarbhāṇi phalāni (gold-filled fruits)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfastness in vows and dharma requires detachment: even attractive, wealth-laden offerings should be renounced when they threaten to distract from spiritual discipline and ethical resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

After making a statement (implied by “having said thus”), the sages abandon the gold-filled fruits and leave the place, demonstrating their firmness in vows and refusal to be swayed by material temptation.