Shloka 3

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच नास्त्यत्र संशय: कश्रिदिति मे वर्तते मतिः । शृणु वक्ष्यामि ते प्राज्ञ सम्यक्‌ त्वं मेडनुपृच्छसि

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ kaścid iti me vartate matiḥ | śṛṇu vakṣyāmi te prājña samyak tvaṁ me ’nupṛcchasi ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“于此事，我以为毫无疑惑。贤明之王啊，且听我言，我将告汝其答。汝所问正当，问得其法。”

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्चित्: any (at all); some
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus; 'that'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मे: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• वर्तते: exists; prevails; is (in me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• मतिः: thought; opinion
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शृणु: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• प्राज्ञ: O wise one
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly; correctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

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

• अनुपृच्छसि: you ask (me) further; you inquire
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma emphasizes clarity and confidence in dharma-instruction: the issue under discussion admits no real doubt, and a well-formed question deserves a direct, authoritative answer.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the ongoing instruction of Anushasana Parva, Bhishma responds to the king’s inquiry, commends the question as properly asked, and prepares to deliver a definitive explanation.