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Shloka 19

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्‌ । शिलोज्छवृत्ते: संवादं सिद्धस्य च युधिष्ठिर

bhīṣma uvāca | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṁ purātanam | śilocchavṛtteḥ saṁvādaṁ siddhasya ca yudhiṣṭhira ||

Bhīṣma đáp: “Này Yudhiṣṭhira! Về việc này cũng có một điển lệ cổ xưa được dẫn làm chứng. Hãy nghe chuyện xưa ấy—cuộc đối thoại giữa một người sống bằng cách nhặt lượm hạt thóc rơi (śiloccavṛtti) và một bậc thành tựu (siddha)—được nhắc lại để soi sáng chính điều này.”

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अत्रhere; in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
उदाहरन्तिthey cite; they relate (as an example)
उदाहरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-आ-हृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इतिहासम्story; historical account
इतिहासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुरातनम्ancient
पुरातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरातन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शिलोज्छवृत्तेःof the livelihood by gleaning (like picking grains/food as from stones/ground)
शिलोज्छवृत्तेः:
TypeNoun
Rootशिलोज्छवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
संवादम्dialogue; conversation
संवादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंवाद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सिद्धस्यof a perfected one; of a siddha
सिद्धस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
Y
Yudhishthira
Ś
Śilocchavṛtti (the gleaner/ascetic by livelihood)
S
Siddha (perfected sage)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma introduces an ancient illustrative story to clarify dharma: ethical questions are best understood through precedents that highlight self-restraint, purity of livelihood, and the authority of realized wisdom (a siddha) in guiding conduct.

Bhishma tells Yudhishthira that, to explain the topic under discussion, he will recount an old itihasa—specifically a conversation between a man living by gleaning fallen grains (śilocchavṛtti) and a siddha—setting up the moral instruction that follows in subsequent verses.