Shloka 24

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

चीर्णव्रता गुणैर्युक्ता भवेयुर्येडपि कर्षका: । सावित्रीज्ञा: क्रियावन्तस्ते राजन्‌ केतनक्षमा:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

cīrṇavratā guṇairyuktā bhaveyur ye 'pi karṣakāḥ |

sāvitrījñāḥ kriyāvantas te rājan ketanakṣamāḥ ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «أيها الملك، حتى إن كانوا يكتسبون معاشهم بالزراعة، فإن البراهمة الذين يلتزمون نذورهم بإخلاص، ويتحلّون بالفضائل، ويجتهدون في الشعائر المقررة، ويعرفون السافيتري (الغاياتري) هم أهلٌ لأن يُدعَوا إلى الشرادها.»

Word by Word

• चीर्णव्रताः: observing (undertaken and completed) vows
• चीर्णव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चीर्ण-व्रत (व्रत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुणैः: with virtues
• गुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युक्ताः: endowed/possessed
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवेयुः: may be / could be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कर्षकाः: farmers/ploughmen
• कर्षकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सावित्रीज्ञाः: knowers of the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī) mantra
• सावित्रीज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सावित्री-ज्ञ (सावित्री, ज्ञ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियावन्तः: performing rites; active in prescribed acts
• क्रियावन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रियावत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• केतनक्षमाः: fit/eligible for invitation (to the rite)
• केतनक्षमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतन-क्षम (केतन, क्षम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī mantra
• Śrāddha