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Shloka 137

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

तत्पुरे चैकमेवास्य गृहं यदधितिष्ठति । गृहे शयनमप्येक॑ निशायां यत्र लीयते,उस नगरमें भी उसके लिये एक ही महल होता है, जिसमें वह निवास करता है। उस महलमें भी उसके लिये एक ही शय्या होती है, जिसपर वह रातमें सोता है

tatpure caikamevāsya gṛhaṁ yad adhitiṣṭhati | gṛhe śayanam apy ekaṁ niśāyāṁ yatra līyate ||

بھیشم نے کہا—اس شہر میں بھی اس کے لیے صرف ایک ہی گھر ہوتا ہے جس میں وہ رہتا ہے؛ اور اسی گھر میں صرف ایک ہی بستر—جس پر وہ رات کو سمٹ کر آرام کرتا ہے۔

तत्in that
तत्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, locative, singular
पुरेin the city
पुरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुर
Formneuter, locative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एकम्one (single)
एकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
Formneuter, nominative, singular
एवonly/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अस्यof him/for him
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
गृहम्house
गृहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
Formneuter, nominative, singular
यत्which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अधितिष्ठतिdwells in/occupies
अधितिष्ठति:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-स्था
Formpresent, third, singular, parasmaipada
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगृह
Formneuter, locative, singular
शयनम्bed/lying-place
शयनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशयन
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
एकम्one (single)
एकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
Formneuter, nominative, singular
निशायाम्at night
निशायाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा
Formfeminine, locative, singular
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
लीयतेlies down/rests (is absorbed)
लीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootली
Formpresent, third, singular, ātmanepada (passive-like/intransitive)

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
C
city (pura)
H
house/dwelling (gṛha)
B
bed (śayana)
N
night (niśā)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes moderation and non-accumulation: even when one has access to the comforts of a city, one should keep one’s needs limited—one dwelling, one bed—cultivating contentment and freedom from greed.

Bhīṣma is describing an idealized mode of living (or the conduct of a disciplined person): the person resides in a city yet maintains minimal personal arrangements—only one residence and one sleeping place—illustrating ethical self-control.