Shloka 14

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

“भगवन्‌! पितामह! गोलोक समस्त देवताओं और लोकपालोंके ऊपर क्‍यों है? मैं इसे जानना चाहता हूँ ।।

Transliteration

bhagavan pitāmaha golokaḥ samasta-devatānāṁ loka-pālānāṁ copariṣṭāt kutaḥ? etad aham jñātum icchāmi. kiṁ tapo brahmacaryaṁ vā gobhiḥ kṛtam iha īśvara, yena devānām upariṣṭād arajasaḥ sukhaṁ vasanti?

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—হে ভগবান, হে পিতামহ! গোলোক কেন সকল দেবতা ও লোকপালদেরও ঊর্ধ্বে? আমি তা জানতে চাই। হে প্রভু! গাভীগণ এখানে কোন তপস্যা বা ব্রহ্মচর্য পালন করেছিল, যার ফলে তারা রজোগুণের ধূলি থেকে মুক্ত হয়ে দেবতাদেরও ঊর্ধ্বে স্থানে সুখে বাস করে?

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पितामह: O Grandfather (Pitāmaha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: celibacy, studentship
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• गोभिः: by the cows
• गोभिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• कृतम्: done, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• ईश्वर: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• उपरिष्टात्: above, higher than
• उपरिष्टात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरिष्टात्

• यत्: because/that (relative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वसन्ति: they dwell, live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अरजसः: free from rajas (passion/dust)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Pitamaha (addressed elder/Grandsire)
• Goloka
• Devas (gods)
• Lokapalas (guardians of the worlds/directions)
• Gauḥ / Go (cows)