Shloka 10

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

पुष्पाणि तानि दृष्ट्वा तु तदाड़्जेन्द्रवराड़ना । भगिनीं चोदयामास पुष्पार्थे चारुलोचना

Transliteration

puṣpāṇi tāni dṛṣṭvā tu tadā rājendra-varāṅganā | bhaginīṁ codayāmāsa puṣpārthe cārulocanā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Thấy những đóa hoa ấy, hoàng hậu xinh đẹp, mắt như hoa sen—bậc nhất trong hàng cung phi—liền thúc giục em gái mình, xin nàng hãy đem về những bông hoa giống hệt như vậy.

Word by Word

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अर्जेन्द्रवराराधना: the worshipper/adorer of the best of kings (epithet; a lady)
• अर्जेन्द्रवराराधना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जेन्द्रवराराधना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भगिनीम्: sister
• भगिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चोदयामास: urged/requested
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुष्पार्थे: for the sake of flowers / regarding flowers
• पुष्पार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चारुलोचना: she of beautiful eyes
• चारुलोचना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारुलोचना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a queen (rājendra-varāṅganā)
• her sister (bhaginī)
• flowers (puṣpa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse subtly illustrates how attraction to pleasant objects (here, flowers) can initiate requests and decisions that influence later events; ethical reflection lies in noticing how small desires can become causes within a larger chain of consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

A beautiful queen sees certain flowers and, wanting the same, urges her sister to procure them for her.