Shloka 10

Devanagari script

त॑ ममानुग्रहकृते दातुमर्हस्यनिन्दित । अनुशासन्तु मां सनन्‍्तो मिथ्योद्वृत्तं त्वदाश्रयम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ mamānugrahakṛte dātum arhasy anindita | anuśāsantu māṁ santaḥ mithyodvṛttaṁ tvadāśrayam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“无瑕之人啊，为示恩于我，你当赐下此愿。倘若有朝一日，我既依止于你，却误入虚妄乖僻之行，愿诸贤德之士教诲我、纠正我。”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (boon/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me / for me
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनुग्रहकृते: for (the purpose of) favoring / showing grace
• अनुग्रहकृते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रहकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you are worthy / you should
• अर्हसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अनिन्दित: O blameless one
• अनिन्दित: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिन्दित
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुशासन्तु: let (them) instruct / admonish
• अनुशासन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-शास्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• सन्तः: the good (people) / the virtuous
• सन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मिथ्या: wrongly / falsely
• मिथ्या: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• उद्वृत्तम्: turned away / deviated
• उद्वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्वृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Ablative, Singular

• आश्रयम्: refuge / dependence
• आश्रयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विप्रवर: O best of brahmins
• विप्रवर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the virtuous (santaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic person should actively seek correction: if one deviates into false conduct, the virtuous should be welcomed as guides who admonish and restore one to the right path.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma voices a request framed as a boon: he asks that, should he ever go astray while relying on the addressed noble person, the righteous community (santaḥ) may instruct and correct him.