Shloka 41

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

एष भूतपतिस्तात स्वध्यक्षश्न तथोच्यते । निरपेक्षांश्व कौन्तेय कीर्तयिष्यामि तच्छूुणु,तात कुन्तीनन्दन! ये भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण ही भूतनाथ एवं सबके अध्यक्ष कहे जाते हैं। अब जो नरकका दर्शन करनेवाले हैं, उनका वर्णन करता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

eṣa bhūtapatis tāta svādhyakṣaś ca tathocyate | nirapekṣānś ca kaunteya kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu ||

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—বৎস! তিনিই ভূতপতি এবং সকলের অধ्यक्ष নামে অভিহিত। হে কুন্তীপুত্র! এখন যারা ধর্মাচরণে উদাসীন ও নির্লিপ্ত হয়ে নরকলোক দর্শন করে, তাদের বর্ণনা করছি—শোনো।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'eṣaḥ', 'definition': 'this (one), he (here referring to the Supreme Lord)'}, {'term': 'bhūtapatiḥ', 'definition': 'lord of beings

• ruler of all creatures'}, {'term': 'tāta', 'definition': 'dear child

• affectionate address'}, {'term': 'svādhyakṣaḥ', 'definition': 'overseer

• one who presides over all'}, {'term': 'tathā', 'definition': 'thus

• likewise'}, {'term': 'ucyate', 'definition': 'is called

• is said to be'}, {'term': 'kaunteya', 'definition': 'son of Kuntī

• Arjuna/Yudhiṣṭhira (vocative epithet)'}, {'term': 'nirapekṣān', 'definition': 'indifferent

• unconcerned (especially toward dharma and consequences)'}, {'term': 'kīrtayiṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I shall describe

• I shall recount'}, {'term': 'tat', 'definition': 'that (which is to be described)'}, {'term': 'śṛṇu', 'definition': 'listen'}]

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Bhūtapati (Lord of beings)
• Svādhyakṣa (Overseer)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (as identified in the given Hindi gloss)