Shloka 2

Putra-Bheda: Kṣetraja, Kṛtaka, Apasada, and Saṃskāra Determinations (पुत्रभेद-निर्णयः)

Devanagari script

अर्हणं तत्कुमारीणामानृशंस्यतमं च तत्‌ । सर्व च प्रतिदेयं स्थात्‌ कन्‍्यायै तदशेषत:

Transliteration

arhaṇaṁ tat-kumārīṇām ānṛśaṁsyatamaṁ ca tat | sarvaṁ ca pratideyaṁ syāt kanyāyai tad aśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“此举乃是对少女最相称的礼敬，亦确是最具慈悲的做法。凡所受得之物，都应毫无余剩地尽数交还给那位少女。”

Word by Word

• अर्हणम्: honoring, respectful reception
• अर्हणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्हण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कुमारीणाम्: of maidens/virgins
• कुमारीणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• आनृशंस्यतमम्: most compassionate/most non-cruel
• आनृशंस्यतमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनृशंस्यतम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रतिदेयम्: to be given back/handed over (to her)
• प्रतिदेयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिदेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्थात्: should be/should remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कन्यायै: to the maiden/daughter
• कन्यायै: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अशेषतः: entirely, without remainder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Kanyā (maiden/daughter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Any wealth received in connection with a maiden should be treated as her due honor and must be transferred to her entirely; the ethical emphasis is compassion and protection of the maiden’s interests rather than commodifying her.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma related to marriage customs, stating that what is taken for a maiden’s clothing/ornaments is properly an act of honoring her, and it should be given wholly to the maiden.