Shloka 164

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

त्वद्वीर्येण प्रमुक्तो5हं मद्वीयेण तथा भवान्‌

Transliteration

tvad-vīryeṇa pramukto ’haṁ mad-vīyeṇa tathā bhavān

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“凭借你的英雄之力，我得以解脱；同样地，你也因我之所有而获得释放。”

Word by Word

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वीर्येण: by (your) valor/power
• वीर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रमुक्तः: released/freed
• प्रमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√मुच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मद्: from me
• मद्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वीर्येण: by (my) valor/power
• वीर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reciprocal obligation and honor: one person’s valor or effort can free another, and ethical balance is restored when that freedom is acknowledged as mutual rather than one-sided.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses an honored interlocutor, stating that he has been released through the other’s prowess, and that the other has likewise been released through Bhīṣma’s own agency—framing their interaction as a mutual settling of duty or burden.