Shloka 201

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दी श्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च

Transliteration

devasya ca guhasyāpi devyā nandīśvarasya ca | baliṁ suvihitaṁ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—দেব গু্হ, দেবী এবং নন্দীশ্বর—এদের প্রতিও বিধিপূর্বক বলি নিবেদন করে, তারপর দম (ইন্দ্রিয়সংযম) ও নিয়ম (শৃঙ্খলা) সহ আচরণ করবে।

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• गुहस्य: of Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• गुहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• देव्या: by/with the goddess
• देव्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• नन्दीश्वरस्य: of Nandīśvara
• नन्दीश्वरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दीश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• बलिम्: offering/oblation
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुविहितम्: well-arranged/properly prescribed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-विहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• दमेन: by self-control
• दमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नियमेन: by observance/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Devī (the Goddess)
• Nandīśvara