Shloka 19

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

विमुच्य गुरुपत्नीं तु विपुल: सुमहातपा: । स्वकलेवरमाविश्य शक्रं भीतमथाब्रवीत्‌,इसी समय महातपस्वी विपुल गुरुपत्नीको छोड़कर अपने शरीरमें आ गये और डरे हुए इन्द्रसे बोले--

Transliteration

vimucya gurupatnīṃ tu vipulaḥ sumahātapāḥ | svakalevaram āviśya śakraṃ bhītam athābravīt ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Bấy giờ, vị khổ hạnh vĩ đại Vipula thả vợ của thầy mình ra, rồi nhập lại vào thân mình, và cất lời với Indra đang run sợ.

Word by Word

• विमुच्य: having released/letting go
• विमुच्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, non-finite

• गुरुपत्नीम्: the teacher's wife
• गुरुपत्नीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• विपुलः: Vipula (proper name)
• विपुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहातपाः: of very great austerity
• सुमहातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वकलेवरम्: his own body
• स्वकलेवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वकलेवर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आविश्य: having entered
• आविश्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+विश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, non-finite

• शक्रम्: Shakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीतम्: frightened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vipula
• Gurupatnī (the teacher’s wife)
• Śakra (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as self-restraint and faithful guardianship: Vipula protects his teacher’s wife and then withdraws, showing that true power lies in disciplined conduct, which even Indra must acknowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula, after safeguarding his teacher’s wife from danger/temptation, releases her and returns to his own body; he then speaks to Indra (Śakra), who is now fearful in the face of Vipula’s ascetic power and moral firmness.