Shloka 7
Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma
Nāḍījaṅgha
Devanagari script
प्राप्पते च यथा सत्यं तच्च श्रोतुमिहाहसि । सत्यं त्रयोदशविधं सर्वलोकेषु भारत
Transliteration
prāpyate ca yathā satyaṃ tac ca śrotum ihārhasi | satyaṃ trayodaśa-vidhaṃ sarva-lokeṣu bhārata ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“你也当听我说，在此如何得证真实。噢，婆罗多啊，遍于诸世界，真实被承认为有十三种不同的形态。”
Word by Word
प्राप्यतेis attained/obtained
प्राप्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नुयात्) / प्राप्यते (प्र + √आप्)
FormLat, Atmanepada, Karmani (passive), 3, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यथाhow/as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
तत्that (i.e., that matter)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
चalso/and
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु
FormTumun (infinitive)
इहhere/in this matter
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अर्हसिyou ought/are fit (to)
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Root√अर्ह्
FormLat, Parasmaipada, 2, singular
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
त्रयोदश-विधम्of thirteen kinds
त्रयोदश-विधम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रयोदश + विध
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
सर्व-लोकेषुin all worlds
सर्व-लोकेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + लोक
Formmasculine, locative, plural
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaB
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Bhishma frames truth (satya) as a nuanced ethical principle with multiple recognized forms, and he prepares the listener to learn both the means of attaining truth and its thirteenfold classification.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma; here he transitions specifically to a systematic teaching on truth—how it is realized and how it is categorized across the tradition.