Shloka 54

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

दैतेया दानवाश्रैव सर्वे ते नैतै: सह | एते चान्ये च बहव: पूर्वे पूर्वतराश्ष ये

Transliteration

daiteyā dānavāś caiva sarve te naitāiḥ saha | ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pūrve pūrvataraś ca ye ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «أما الديتيَة والدانافا كذلك—فجميعهم—فلم يكونوا في صحبة هؤلاء. وكان هناك غيرهم كثيرون: من الأزمنة السالفة، بل ومن عصور أقدم من ذلك.»

Word by Word

• दैतेयाः: the Daityas
• दैतेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानवाः: the Dānavas
• दानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

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

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूर्वे: former/earlier ones
• पूर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूर्वतराः: still earlier/more ancient
• पूर्वतराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्वतर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Daityas
• Dānavas