Shloka 20

Adhyāya 353 — Kathā-prāmāṇya (Authority of Transmission) and the Brāhmaṇa’s Ascetic Resolve

Devanagari script

देवा: सर्वे मुनयः साधु शान्ता- स्त॑ प्राग्वंशे यज्ञभागैर्यजन्ते । अहं ब्रह्मा आद्य ईशः प्रजानां तस्माज्जातस्त्वं च मत्त: प्रसूत:

Transliteration

devāḥ sarve munayaḥ sādhu śāntās taṃ prāgvaṃśe yajñabhāgair yajante | ahaṃ brahmā ādya īśaḥ prajānāṃ tasmāj jātas tvaṃ ca mattaḥ prasūtaḥ ||

Translation

ভীষ্মে ক’লে— সকলো দেৱতা আৰু শান্ত স্বভাৱৰ মুনিসকলে প্ৰাচীন পৰম্পৰাত যজ্ঞৰ নিৰ্ধাৰিত ভাগ অৰ্পণ কৰি সেই পৰম পুৰুষকেই পূজা কৰে। মই প্ৰজাসকলৰ আদ্য ঈশ্বৰ ব্ৰহ্মা; মই সেই পৰম পুৰুষৰ পৰা জন্ম লৈছোঁ, আৰু মোৰ পৰাই তোমাৰো উৎপত্তি হৈছে।

Word by Word

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधु: well; rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• शान्ताः: peaceful; tranquil
• शान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• प्राग्वंशे: in the eastern enclosure/line (of the sacrificial ground)
• प्राग्वंशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राग्वंश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यज्ञभागैः: by sacrificial portions/shares
• यज्ञभागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञभाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यजन्ते: they worship/sacrifice
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (ब्रह्मा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आद्यः: primeval; first
• आद्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ईशः: lord
• ईशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजानाम्: of creatures/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

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

• जातः: born; arisen
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

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

• मत्तः: from me
• मत्तः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Ablative, Singular

• प्रसूतः: produced; brought forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Devas
• Munis (sages)
• Brahmā
• Paramapuruṣa / Supreme Being (implied by 'tam' and 'tasmāt')