Shloka 67

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

तथैव कथितो वंशो मया गार्त्समदस्तव | विस्तरेण महाराज किमन्यदनुपृच्छसि

Transliteration

tathaiva kathito vaṁśo mayā gārtsamadastava | vistareṇa mahārāja kim anyad anupṛcchasi ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Vậy đó, hỡi hậu duệ của Gārtsamada, ta đã thuật lại tường tận dòng dõi của ngươi, ôi đại vương. Ngươi còn muốn hỏi thêm điều gì nữa?”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya

• एव: indeed, just, exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• कथितः: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित
• Form: Past passive participle; masculine nominative singular

• वंशः: lineage, dynasty
• वंशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine nominative singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Instrumental singular

• गार्त्समद: O Gārtsamada
• गार्त्समद: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्त्समद
• Form: Masculine vocative singular (proper name/epithet)

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वम्
• Form: Genitive singular

• विस्तरेण: in detail, at length
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine instrumental singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine vocative singular

• किम्: what
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter accusative singular (interrogative; used adverbially)

• अन्यत्: other (thing), else
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter accusative singular

• अनुपृच्छसि: you ask further, you inquire again
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present tense (laṭ); parasmaipada; 2nd person singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahārāja (Yudhiṣṭhira, addressed)
• Gārtsamada (lineage epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of orderly transmission of knowledge: once a lineage (vaṁśa) has been narrated fully, the student-king is invited to proceed with further, more purposeful questions—showing disciplined inquiry and structured instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma concludes a detailed account of the king’s lineage and, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira with the epithet “descendant of Gārtsamada,” asks what additional matter Yudhiṣṭhira wishes to inquire about next.