Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दृष्टवा जाह्ववीपुत्र: प्रोवाच तनयं तव

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā jāhnavīputraḥ provāca tanayaṃ tava—vatsa, imān cikitsakān dhanaṃ dattvā sammānapūrvakaṃ vidārayasva; mama iha asyām avasthāyām adhunā ebhir vaidyaiḥ kiṃ kāryam asti?

Translation

三阇耶说道：见到他们，毗湿摩——阇诃那维（恒河）之子——对你的儿子说道：“孩子啊，以财物礼敬这些医师，恭恭敬敬地送他们离去。我如今这般境况，还要这些医生在此作甚？”

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• जाह्ववी-पुत्रः: the son of Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), i.e., Bhīṣma
• जाह्ववी-पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्ववीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तनयम्: son
• तनयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī)
• Duryodhana
• physicians (cikitsakāḥ/vaidyāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in suffering, one should uphold propriety: Bhīṣma asks that the physicians be honored and dismissed respectfully, while also expressing detachment from bodily cure in a moment governed by destiny and warrior-duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

After seeing the attending healers, Bhīṣma addresses Duryodhana and tells him to reward the physicians and send them away, declaring that in his current condition he has no need of medical treatment.