Shloka 174

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

स्वस्ति ते5स्तु गमिष्यामि दूरादपि तवोद्धिजे

Transliteration

svasti te 'stu gamiṣyāmi dūrād api tavoddhije

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“愿你安泰。我将离去——然而即便在远方，噢，为了自身之事而在此举中奋起的你，我仍为你牵念不安。”

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: well-being; auspiciousness; hail
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति
• Form: avyaya (indeclinable)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative, singular (2nd person)

• अस्तु: may it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: simple future, 1st person, singular, parasmaipada

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: दूर
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: avyaya (indeclinable)

• तव: your; of you
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular (2nd person)

• उद्धिजे: O Uddhija (name/address)
• उद्धिजे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धिज्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse conveys a dharmic benediction: even when one must depart, one should leave others with goodwill and a blessing for their welfare, maintaining concern and responsibility beyond physical proximity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses the listener with an auspicious blessing (“svasti te ’stu”) and states his intention to go away, adding that even at a distance he remains mindful of the addressee’s situation.