Shloka 53

अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission

Devanagari script

सुकुमारौ च तौ विद्धौ कराभ्यां मुनिसत्तम: । पस्पर्शामृतकल्पाभ्यां स्नेहाद्‌ भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

sukumārau ca tau viddhau karābhyāṃ munisattamaḥ | pasparśāmṛtakalpābhyāṃ snehād bharatasattama ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“那位至高的圣仙见那两位柔弱之人受了伤，便出于慈爱怜悯，用双手轻轻抚摩他们——那双手安抚如甘露——噢，婆罗多族中最卓越者。”

Word by Word

• सुकुमारौ: two delicate (ones)
• सुकुमारौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• विद्धौ: wounded / struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (वेधने) / व्यध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual, क्त (past passive participle)

• कराभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• कराभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पस्पर्श: touched
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमृतकल्पाभ्याम्: with two (hands) like nectar
• अमृतकल्पाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-कल्प
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Dual

• स्नेहात्: out of affection
• स्नेहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतभूषण: O ornament of the Bharatas
• भरतभूषण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-भूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• munisattama (the great sage; contextually Cyavana in the Cyavana–Kuśika dialogue)
• bharatasattama (addressee, a Bharata prince/king in the frame narrative)
• the two tender wounded persons (a royal couple in the narrative context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when harm has occurred, dharmic conduct is shown through compassionate care: the sage responds to injury not with anger but with a healing, affectionate touch, modeling restraint and benevolence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Cyavana–Kuśika episode, a great sage sees two gentle persons who have been hurt and, moved by affection, comforts them by softly stroking them with nectar-like hands—an image of soothing protection and moral tenderness.