Shloka 14

अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission

Devanagari script

अथ स्नात: सः भगवान्‌ सिंहासनगतः: प्रभु: । दर्शयामास कुशिकं सभार्य कुरुनन्दन,कुरुनन्दन! तदनन्तर शक्तिशाली भगवान्‌ च्यवन मुनि पत्नीसहित राजा कुशिकको स्नान करके सिंहासनपर बैठे दिखायी दिये

Transliteration

atha snātaḥ sa bhagavān siṃhāsanagataḥ prabhuḥ | darśayāmāsa kuśikaṃ sabhāryaḥ kurunandana ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Rồi sau đó, bậc tôn giả đầy uy lực ấy, sau khi tắm gội, bước lên ngồi trên ngai và hiện thân trước vua Kuśika, cùng với vợ của ngài, hỡi niềm vui của dòng Kuru.

Word by Word

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

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (√स्ना)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिंहासन-गतः: seated on the throne
• सिंहासन-गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंहासन + गत (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दर्शयामास: showed/caused to be seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (causative: दर्शय-)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुशिकम्: Kushika
• कुशिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशिक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स-भार्यम्: together with (his) wife
• स-भार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + भार्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु-नन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kuśika
• Kuśika's wife
• Siṃhāsana (throne)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by 'Kurunandana')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the primacy of dharma expressed through disciplined purity and spiritual authority: a sage’s tapas and proper conduct can command reverence and shape royal behavior, reminding rulers to honor righteousness over pride or power.

What is happening in the narrative?

After bathing, the revered figure (in this episode, the powerful sage) takes his seat on a throne and makes himself visible to King Kuśika along with the king’s wife, marking a formal, authoritative moment of encounter between ascetic power and royal presence.