Shloka 15

भीष्मदर्शनार्थं प्रस्थानम्

Departure to Behold Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

न सैनिकैश्नव यातव्यं यास्थामो वयमेव हि । न च पीडयिततव्यो मे भीष्मो धर्मभूतां वर:

Transliteration

na sainikaiḥ na vā yātavyaṃ yāsthāmo vayam eva hi | na ca pīḍayitavyo me bhīṣmo dharmabhūtāṃ varaḥ ||

Translation

由提希提罗说道：“不可率武装之众前往；确然，唯我等自往。并且毗湿摩——诸安住于法者之最上——不可因我而受苦受扰。”

Word by Word

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

• सैनिकैः: by soldiers
• सैनिकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

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

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• यातव्यम्: is to be gone / should be gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: gerundive (tavya), neuter, nominative, singular, passive necessity

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• स्थामः: we stand / we remain
• स्थामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: present, 1st, plural, parasmaipada

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, plural

• एव: only, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: for, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पीडयितव्यः: is to be pained / should be troubled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: gerundive (tavya), masculine, nominative, singular, passive necessity

• मे: of me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धर्मभूतानाम्: of those who are righteous / of the virtuous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत
• Form: masculine/neuter (contextual), genitive, plural

• वरः: the best, the foremost
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in victory and power, one should act with restraint and compassion: do not display force unnecessarily, and do not cause further suffering to a venerable person devoted to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva context, Yudhiṣṭhira is preparing to approach Bhīṣma (lying on the bed of arrows) for counsel; he insists they should not go with an armed retinue and that Bhīṣma should not be disturbed or burdened because of him.