Shloka 5
Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)
Devanagari script
भीष्म उवाच गुहां धर्मज मा प्राक्षीरतीव भरतर्षभ । अपृष्टो नोत्सहे वक्तुं धर्ममेतं युधिष्ठिर
Transliteration
bhīṣma uvāca guhã dharmaja mā prākṣīr atīva bharatarṣabha | apṛṣṭo notsahe vaktuṁ dharmam etaṁ yudhiṣṭhira ||
Translation
ভীষ্ম বললেন— “হে ধর্মরাজ, হে ভরতশ্রেষ্ঠ! এই গূঢ় বিষয়ে আমাকে অতিশয় চাপ দিও না। হে যুধিষ্ঠির, প্রশ্ন না করা হলে আমি এই ধর্মোপদেশ বলতে সাহস পাই না।”
Word by Word
भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
गुहाम्a secret (lit. cave/hidden thing)
गुहाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
धर्मजO son of Dharma (Yudhishthira)
धर्मज:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
प्राक्षीःyou should ask / ask
प्राक्षीः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
FormAorist (injunctive/imperative sense with मा), Second, Singular
अतीवexcessively, very much
अतीव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अपृष्टःnot asked
अपृष्टः:
TypeVerb
Rootपृच्छ्
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उत्सहेI am able / I dare
उत्सहे:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सह्
FormPresent, First, Singular
वक्तुम्to speak
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
धर्मम्dharma, duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एतम्this
एतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaY
Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja/Dharmaja)B
Bharata lineage (Bharatarṣabha)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes