Shloka 168

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

भक्ष्यार्थ हवबद्धस्त्वं स मुक्त: पीडित: क्षुधा

Transliteration

bhakṣyārtha-havabaddhas tvaṃ sa muktaḥ pīḍitaḥ kṣudhā

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“你因食物的诱惑而被系缚，遂落入罗网；纵然后来得释，仍被饥饿所折磨。”

Word by Word

• भक्ष्यार्थ: one whose purpose is food; for the sake of eating
• भक्ष्यार्थ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हवबद्धः: bound for (as) an oblation; tied up for sacrifice
• हवबद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हव + बद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he; that (person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुक्तः: released; freed
• मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पीडितः: afflicted; tormented
• पीडितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुधा: by hunger
• क्षुधा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire can bind a person more powerfully than external chains: one may be physically freed, yet the inner compulsion (here, hunger/craving) continues to cause suffering. The remedy implied is restraint and mastery over appetites.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses a ‘you’ (in an illustrative or admonitory context) describing a sequence: being trapped due to the lure of food, then being released, yet still remaining distressed by hunger—highlighting how craving persists beyond circumstances.