Shloka 67

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

तथैव कथितो वंशो मया गार्त्समदस्तव | विस्तरेण महाराज किमन्यदनुपृच्छसि

Transliteration

tathaiva kathito vaṁśo mayā gārtsamadastava | vistareṇa mahārāja kim anyad anupṛcchasi ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“如此，噢，迦尔特萨摩陀（Gārtsamada）的后裔啊，伟大的国王，我已将你的族系详尽叙述。你还想再问什么呢？”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya

• एव: indeed, just, exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• कथितः: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित
• Form: Past passive participle; masculine nominative singular

• वंशः: lineage, dynasty
• वंशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine nominative singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Instrumental singular

• गार्त्समद: O Gārtsamada
• गार्त्समद: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्त्समद
• Form: Masculine vocative singular (proper name/epithet)

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वम्
• Form: Genitive singular

• विस्तरेण: in detail, at length
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine instrumental singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine vocative singular

• किम्: what
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter accusative singular (interrogative; used adverbially)

• अन्यत्: other (thing), else
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter accusative singular

• अनुपृच्छसि: you ask further, you inquire again
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present tense (laṭ); parasmaipada; 2nd person singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahārāja (Yudhiṣṭhira, addressed)
• Gārtsamada (lineage epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the importance of orderly transmission of knowledge: once a lineage (vaṁśa) has been narrated fully, the student-king is invited to proceed with further, more purposeful questions—showing disciplined inquiry and structured instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma concludes a detailed account of the king’s lineage and, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira with the epithet “descendant of Gārtsamada,” asks what additional matter Yudhiṣṭhira wishes to inquire about next.