Shloka 79

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics

Devanagari script

हरिणाश्वादर्सि लेभे शुनक: शुनकादपि । उशीनरो वै धर्मात्मा तस्माद्‌ भोज: स यादव:

Transliteration

hariṇāśvād ṛṣiṃ lebhe śunakaḥ śunakād api | uśīnaro vai dharmātmā tasmād bhojaḥ sa yādavaḥ ||

Translation

হৰিণাশ্বৰ পৰা ঋষি শুনক জন্মিল, শুনকৰ পৰাও বংশধাৰা আগবাঢ়িল। ধৰ্মাত্মা উশীনৰ আছিল; তেওঁৰ পৰাই যদুবংশীয় ভোজ প্ৰসিদ্ধ হ’ল।

Word by Word

• हरिणाश्वात्: from Hariṇāśva
• हरिणाश्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिणाश्व
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लेभे: obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• शुनकः: Śunaka
• शुनकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुनक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुनकात्: from Śunaka
• शुनकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुनक
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• उशीनरः: Uśīnara
• उशीनरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशीनर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: from him/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भोजः: Bhoja
• भोजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यादवः: a Yādava
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Hariṇāśva
• Śunaka
• Uśīnara
• Bhoja
• Yādava (Yadu lineage)