Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एष ते प्रसवो राजन्‌ जगत: सम्प्रकीर्तित: । निखिलेन महाप्राज्ञ कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

eṣa te prasavo rājan jagataḥ samprakīrtitaḥ | nikhilena mahāprajña kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi ||

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—হে রাজন! জগতের উৎপত্তির এই সম্পূর্ণ বিবরণ আমি তোমাকে প্রকাশ করলাম। হে মহাপ্রাজ্ঞ নৃপতি! এখন আর কী শুনতে ইচ্ছা কর?

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• प्रसवः: origin; birth; production
• प्रसवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जगतः: of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सम्प्रकीर्तितः: has been fully described/proclaimed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-कीर्त्
• Form: क्त, Passive (past participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निखिलेन: completely; in full
• निखिलेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निखिल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञ: O greatly wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• भूयः: further; again; more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: तुमुन्, Infinitive

• इच्छसि: you wish/desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king—Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• jagat (the world/universe)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A teacher should present a subject completely and then invite the student to inquire further; wisdom in governance is linked with attentive listening and purposeful questioning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma concludes his explanation of the universe’s origin to the king (Yudhishthira) and asks what additional topic the king wishes to hear next.