Shloka 14

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्‌ देशे तु तान्यासन्‌ पतितानि नभस्तलात्‌ | अम्लानान्यपि तत्रासन्‌ कुसुमान्यपराण्यपि

Transliteration

yasmin deśe tu tāny āsan patitāni nabhastalāt | amlānāny api tatrāsan kusumāny aparāṇy api, rājan |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“陛下，在那些花从天而坠的那片地方，还有许多别的花也散落其间，依旧鲜新，不见枯萎。”

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देशे: in the place/country
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural

• पतितानि: fallen
• पतितानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• नभः-तलात्: from the surface of the sky (from the sky)
• नभः-तलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् + तल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अम्लानानि: unwithered
• अम्लानानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अम्लान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural

• कुसुमानि: flowers
• कुसुमानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अपराणि: other
• अपराणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (Yudhishthira, addressed as rājan)
• flowers (kusumāni)
• sky (nabhas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for the guru’s instruction and the ethical value of acting without perverse second-guessing when one has received a rightful command; the unwithering flowers function as an auspicious marker of a sanctified, dharmic locus.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a particular place where flowers had descended from the sky; upon reaching that spot, many additional blossoms were found lying there, still fresh and unwithered, indicating the special nature of the location.