Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अथ पज्चदशो राजन गुणस्तत्रापर: स्मृत: । पृथक्कलासमूहस्य सामग्र्यं तदिहोच्यते

Transliteration

atha pañcadaśo rājan guṇas tatrāparaḥ smṛtaḥ | pṛthakkalāsamūhasya sāmagrīyaṃ tad ihocyate ||

Translation

اب، اے راجن، وہاں پندرہواں ایک اور گُن بھی مانا گیا ہے۔ جدا جدا فنون اور مہارتوں کے مجموعے کی جو تکمیل اور درست ہم آہنگی ہے—یہاں اسی کو بیان کیا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पञ्चदशः: fifteenth
• पञ्चदशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गुणः: quality/attribute
• गुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there/in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अपरः: another/further
• अपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतः: is said/remembered/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• पृथक्: separately/distinctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• कलासमूहस्य: of the collection of parts/sections
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलासमूह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सामग्र्यम्: completeness/totality
• सामग्र्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामग्र्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here/in this context
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• उच्यते: is said/is stated
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present (Lat), Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• King (addressed as rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that beyond possessing many separate skills, a higher virtue is their sāmagrī—completeness and coordinated integration—so that diverse arts function together effectively and responsibly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a structured enumeration of qualities (guṇas) while instructing the king, introducing an additional item: the integrated sufficiency of a set of distinct arts and competencies.