Shloka 3

Anuśāsana-parva Adhyāya 112: Dharma as the sole companion; karmic witnesses; rebirth sequences

Bṛhaspati–Yudhiṣṭhira Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

अगाधे विमले शुद्धे सत्यतोये धृतिहदे । स्नातव्यं मानसे तीर्थे सत्त्वमालम्ब्य शाश्वतम्‌,जिसमें धैर्यरूप कुण्ड और सत्यरूप जल भरा हुआ है तथा जो अगाध, निर्मल एवं अत्यन्त शुद्ध है, उस मानस तीर्थमें सदा परमात्माका आश्रय लेकर स्नान करना चाहिये

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | agādhe vimale śuddhe satyatoye dhṛtihade | snātavyaṃ mānase tīrthe sattvam ālambya śāśvatam ||

Translation

যি অগাধ, নিৰ্মল আৰু অতিশয় শুদ্ধ—যাৰ হ্ৰদ ধৈৰ্য আৰু যাৰ জল সত্য—সেই মানস তীৰ্থত শাশ্বত পৰমাত্মাৰ আশ্ৰয় লৈ সদায় স্নান কৰা উচিত।

Word by Word

• अगाधे: in the unfathomable (one)
• अगाधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगाध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विमले: in the spotless (one)
• विमले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शुद्धे: in the pure (one)
• शुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्य-तोये: in (that) whose water is truth / in truth-water
• सत्य-तोये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यतोय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृति-हदे: in (that) whose lake/pond is steadfastness
• धृति-हदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतिहद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्नातव्यम्: should be bathed (one should bathe)
• स्नातव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, obligation/necessity

• मानसे: in the mental / of the mind
• मानसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्त्वम्: being; goodness; true essence
• सत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आलम्ब्य: having relied on / taking refuge in
• आलम्ब्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लम्ब्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral in gerund), having taken support

• शाश्वतम्: the eternal (one)
• शाश्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• mānasa tīrtha (mental sacred ford)
• satya (truth)
• dhṛti (steadfastness/fortitude)
• śāśvata (the Eternal Supreme Self)