Shloka 5

Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्ताथ सा वित्रं प्रत्युवाचाथ नारदम्‌ । विषये सति वक्ष्यामि समर्थ मन्यसे च माम्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca evam uktātha sā vitraṃ pratyuvācātha nāradam | viṣaye sati vakṣyāmi samarthaṃ manyase ca mām ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：那罗陀如此说罢，她便答道：“若此事适宜言说，且你认为我堪当其任，我必定如实告知。”

Word by Word

• {'bhīṣma uvāca': 'Bhishma said', 'evam': 'thus, in this manner', 'uktātha (uktā atha)': 'having been spoken

• then, after that was said', 'sā': 'she', 'pratyuvāca': 'replied, answered in return', 'atha': 'then', 'nāradam': 'to Narada', 'viṣaye': 'in the matter/topic

• regarding the subject', 'sati': 'being (so)

• when it is the case', 'vakṣyāmi': 'I will speak, I will tell', 'samartham': 'capable, competent', 'manyase': 'you think, you consider', 'ca': 'and', 'mām': 'me'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Narada
• Pañcacūḍā (apsaras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech should be guided by propriety (whether the topic is fit to be disclosed) and by competence/authorization (whether the speaker is deemed capable). The verse models ethical restraint: one speaks when the matter is appropriate and one’s capacity is acknowledged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that after Narada speaks, the apsaras Pañcacūḍā responds respectfully, agreeing to answer—provided the subject is suitable to be spoken and Narada considers her qualified to explain it.