Shloka 9

Devanagari script

चतुर्थधर्मसंयुक्ते तयो: कथयतोस्तदा । व्यतीता सा निशा कृत्स्ना सुखेन दिवसोपमा,मोक्षधर्मके सम्बन्धमें बातें करते हुए उन दोनोंकी वह सारी रात दिनके समान ही बड़े सुखसे बीत गयी

Transliteration

caturthadharmasaṃyukte tayoḥ kathayatoḥ tadā | vyatītā sā niśā kṛtsnā sukhena divasopamā ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: “Khi ấy, trong lúc hai người đàm đạo về phần thứ tư của dharma—liên hệ đến Mokṣa-dharma, giáo lý giải thoát—thì cả đêm ấy trôi qua êm đềm, tựa như một ngày.”

Word by Word

चतुर्थधर्मसंयुक्तेin the two (persons) engaged in the fourth dharma (mokṣa-dharma)

तयोःof those two

कथयतोः(while) the two were speaking/telling

तदाthen

व्यतीताpassed (spent)

साthat

निशाnight

कृत्स्नाentire, whole

सुखेनwith ease/pleasantly

दिवसोपमाlike a day

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

the two interlocutors (Bhishma and Yudhishthira)

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?

The verse highlights the elevating power of dharma-discourse—especially mokṣa-oriented teaching—showing that reflective dialogue on liberation and right conduct brings inner ease and makes even long hardship (a whole night) feel light and auspicious.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes how, during his instruction to Yudhishthira in the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva, the two continue their conversation through the night, and the time passes comfortably, as if it were daytime.