Shloka 172

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

नाहं त्वया समेष्यामि वृत्तो हेतु: समागमे

Transliteration

nāhaṃ tvayā sameṣyāmi vṛtto hetuḥ samāgame

Translation

毗湿摩宣告：“我不会与你和解；因为在此事上，决定性的缘由已然生起。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• समेष्यामि: I will come together/meet
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (एष्यति)
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• वृत्तः: occurred; happened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• हेतुः: cause; reason
• हेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समागमे: in the meeting/coming together
• समागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness: when a decisive ethical cause or settled ground has arisen, one may refuse reconciliation if compromise would contradict that established principle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, speaking in the Śānti Parva discourse, states that he will not unite or reconcile with the addressed person, citing that the determining reason in the matter has already occurred/been established.