Shloka 1

Devanagari script

2: <---ऋशऋ- द्विपञज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: भीष्मका अपनी असमर्थता प्रकट करना, भगवान्‌का उन्हें वर देना तथा ऋषियों एवं पाण्डवोंका दूसरे दिन आनेका संकेत करके वहाँसे विदा होकर अपने-अपने स्थानोंको जाना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः कृष्णस्य तद्‌ वाक्‍्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम्‌ । श्रुत्वा शान्तनवो भीष्म: प्रत्युवाच कृताउ्जलि:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! श्रीकृष्णाका यह धर्म और अर्थसे युक्त हितकर वचन सुनकर शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मने दोनों हाथ जोड़कर कहा--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ kṛṣṇasya tad vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam | śrutvā śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Bấy giờ, nghe lời nói lợi ích của Kṛṣṇa—hợp với cả dharma lẫn artha—Bhīṣma, con của Śāntanu, chắp tay cung kính mà đáp lời.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

कृष्णस्यof Krishna

तत्that

वाक्यम्speech, statement

धर्मार्थसहितम्accompanied by dharma and artha

हितम्beneficial

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

शान्तनवःthe son of Shantanu (Bhishma)

भीष्मःBhishma

प्रत्युवाचreplied, answered

कृताञ्जलिःwith hands joined (in reverence)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Bhīṣma

Śāntanu

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?

Kṛṣṇa’s counsel is presented as simultaneously grounded in dharma (moral right) and artha (practical welfare). The verse highlights that truly beneficial guidance integrates ethical principle with prudent, workable purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīṣma listens to Kṛṣṇa’s salutary words and then responds respectfully, indicated by the gesture of joined hands, marking deference and readiness to answer.