Shloka 47

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

नूनं तत्रागतो देवो यथा तैर्वागुदीरिता

Transliteration

nūnaṃ tatrāgato devo yathā tair vāg udīritā

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hẳn là nơi ấy đã có thần linh giáng đến, bởi lời họ thốt ra mang dấu ấn không thể lầm của chư thiên.”

Word by Word

नूनम्surely, indeed

तत्रthere

आगतःcome, arrived

देवःthe god, deity

यथाas, just as

तैःby them

वाक्speech, words

उदीरिताuttered, spoken

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

deva (divine being/presence)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech that is truthful, elevated, and aligned with dharma is treated as a sign of higher authority; Bhīṣma implies that words can reveal the presence of the divine and should therefore be received with reverence and moral seriousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, while instructing in the Śānti Parva, interprets the manner and quality of certain uttered words as evidence that a divine being (or divine influence) has arrived or is at work in that situation.