Shloka 37

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतदू भीष्मस्य वचन श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिर: । अमृतेनेव संतृप्त: प्रह्ष्ट:ः समपद्यत

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | etad u bhīṣmasya vacanaṁ śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | amṛteneva saṁtṛptaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ samapadyata |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nghe những lời ấy của Bhīṣma, vua Yudhiṣṭhira hoan hỷ và được thỏa mãn tận nội tâm, như thể đã uống cam lộ mà no đủ; tâm trí ngài trở nên vững vàng nhờ sự bảo chứng của dharma và lời khuyên đúng đắn.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उ: indeed/and (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतेन: with nectar
• अमृतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संतृप्तः: satiated/satisfied
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतृप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहृष्टः: delighted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समपद्यत: became/attained (a state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right instruction from a dharma-knower brings inner contentment: Yudhiṣṭhira’s joy ‘like nectar’ signals the ethical relief that comes when doubts about duty and righteous rule are clarified by Bhīṣma’s counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that, after listening to Bhīṣma’s words, Yudhiṣṭhira becomes deeply pleased and satisfied—an emotional turning point showing the king’s receptivity to guidance in the Śānti Parva’s teaching sequence.