Shloka 14

Śikhaṇḍinī’s Marriage Arrangement and the Daśārṇa Envoy’s Accusation (शिखण्डिनी-विवाह-विप्रलम्भ-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

मन्सत्रिभिमन्त्रितं सार्थ त्ववा पृुथुललोचन । पुरस्यास्याविनाशाय यच्च राजंस्तथा कुरु,“विशाललोचन नरेश! आपने इस नगरकी रक्षाके लिये मन्त्रियोंक साथ जैसा विचार किया है वैसा कीजिये

Transliteration

mantribhir mantritaṁ sārthaṁ tvayā pṛthulalocana | purasyāsyāvināśāya yac ca rājan tathā kuru ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“广目之王啊，你与群臣所议之策，确为妥当而有用。故为护持并保全此城，当依此计而行。”

Word by Word

मयाby me

सहtogether with

मन्त्रिभिःwith ministers

मन्त्रितम्consulted/considered

सार्थम्properly; in a fitting manner

त्वयाby you

पृथुल-लोचनO broad-eyed one

पुरस्यof the city

अस्यof this

अविनाशायfor preservation; for non-destruction

यत्whatever (that which)

चand

राजन्O king

तथाthus; in that manner

कुरुdo; act

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King (addressed as pṛthulalocana / rājan)

Ministers (mantrin)

City (pura)

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?

A ruler should deliberate with competent ministers and then implement the agreed, purposeful plan—especially when the aim is the protection and preservation of the polity. Sound counsel becomes dharmic action only when executed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses a king, affirming that the king’s consultation with his ministers has produced a meaningful strategy, and urges him to carry it out to safeguard the city from destruction.