Shloka 76

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

भीष्य उवाच इत्येतैरसुखैर्वाक्यैरयुक्तैरसमञ्जसै: । प्रत्यादिष्टा नरेन्द्रेण सुलभा न व्यकम्पत

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | ityetair asukhair vākyair ayuktair asamañjasaiḥ | pratyādiṣṭā narendreṇa sulabhā na vyakampata ||

Translation

毗湿摩曰：“优提施提罗啊，虽遮那迦王以严厉、不当且紊乱之言斥责苏罗婆，苏罗婆却丝毫不为所动。纵遭侮辱，其心定如常，显其内修与真实之力。”

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• असुखैः: painful, unpleasant
• असुखैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुख
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वाक्यैः: words, statements
• वाक्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अयुक्तैः: improper, unfitting
• अयुक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• असमञ्जसैः: inconsistent, incoherent
• असमञ्जसैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असमञ्जस
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रत्यादिष्टा: rebuked, repulsed, dismissed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-आ-√दिश्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नरेन्द्रेण: by the king (lord of men)
• नरेन्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुलभा: Sulabha (name of the woman sage)
• सुलभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुलभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• व्यकम्पत्: trembled, wavered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√कम्प्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira
• King Janaka
• Sulabhā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True steadiness is shown when one remains unshaken by blame or insult. Sulabhā’s calm under harsh and unreasonable speech illustrates inner discipline (dama) and equanimity (samatā), virtues central to dharma and spiritual maturity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates to Yudhishthira an episode from the Janaka–Sulabhā dialogue: Janaka responds to Sulabhā with distressing and ill-considered words meant to dismiss her, yet Sulabhā remains composed and does not mentally waver.