Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तं तु वैवाहिकं दृष्टवा कन्येयं समुपार्जितम्‌ । अब्रवीत्‌ तत्र गाड़ेय॑ं मन्त्रिमध्ये द्विजर्षभ,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! वहाँ वैवाहिक आयोजन आरम्भ हुआ देख यह कन्या मन्त्रियोंके बीचमें गंगानन्दन भीष्मसे बोली--

Transliteration

taṃ tu vaivāhikaṃ dṛṣṭvā kanyeyaṃ samupārjitam | abravīt tatra gāḍeyaṃ mantrimadhye dvijarṣabha ||

Translation

她见婚礼仪式已然开始，自己也被作为婚配之人而定下，便在群臣之间，当场对恒河之子毗湿摩开口，称他为“二次生者中之最”。

Word by Word

तम्him/that (person)

तुbut/indeed

वैवाहिकम्marriage-related, wedding (rite/arrangement)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

कन्याthe maiden/girl

इयम्this

समुपार्जितम्obtained/secured

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

तत्रthere

गाङ्गेयम्Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma), son of Gaṅgā

मन्त्रि-मध्येin the midst of the ministers

द्विज-ऋषभO bull among the twice-born (best Brāhmaṇa)

Speaker

होत्रवाहन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Hotravāhana

Bhīṣma (Gāṅgānandana)

ministers/counsellors (mantri)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that marriage and allied duties are not merely private acts but matters of dharma that may be questioned publicly before elders and authorities; ethical legitimacy (rightful acquisition/arrangement and consent) is expected to withstand scrutiny in a royal court.

What is happening in the narrative?

A maiden, seeing the wedding proceedings underway and herself treated as the bride-to-be, addresses Bhīṣma in the presence of ministers, setting up a formal appeal or statement to a leading guardian of dharma and statecraft.