Shloka 114

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

छेत्स्याम्यहं तमप्याशु निर्वतो भव लोमश । “मैंने बहुतसे तंतु काट डाले हैं, केवल एक ही डोरी बाकी रख छोड़ी है। उसे भी मैं शीघ्र ही काट डालूँगा; अत: लोमश! तुम शान्त रहो, घबराओ न' ।।

Transliteration

chetsyāmy ahaṃ tam apy āśu nirvato bhava lomaśa | tayoḥ saṃvadator evaṃ tathaivāpannayor dvayoḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“我已斩断许多丝缕；如今只剩最后一根绳索。我也将立刻把它斩断。因此，罗摩沙啊，安住其心——莫要忧惧。”二人如此交谈之时，仍同处于那般困厄的境地。

Word by Word

• छेत्स्यामि: I shall cut
• छेत्स्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Luṭ (Periphrastic Future), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• निर्वतः: calm, unagitated
• निर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भव: be (become)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Loṭ (Imperative), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोमश: O Lomasha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तयोः: of those two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Dual

• संवदतोः: of the two conversing
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + वद्
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तथैव: just so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + एव

• आपन्नयोः: of the two who had come to/entered (a state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पद् (आपन्न)
• Form: Kta (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• द्रयोः: of the two (reading uncertain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्र (uncertain reading)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Lomasha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain inner calm (nirvata) in adversity and act with firm resolve to remove the final cause of bondage or danger—steadiness of mind is presented as an ethical strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses the sage Lomasha, assuring him that most ‘strands’ have already been cut and only one remains, which he will soon sever; he urges Lomasha not to panic, while the text notes that both are still in a distressed situation as they converse.