Shloka 12

Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons

Devanagari script

स्वयमेव भवांस्तस्माद्‌ धर्मराजस्य यद्धितम्‌ | तद्‌ ब्रवीत्वाशु सर्वेषामागमानां त्वमागम:,“इसलिये आप स्वयं ही जिसमें धर्मराजका हित हो, वह बात शीघ्र बताइये; क्योंकि आप शास्त्रोंके भी शास्त्र हैं

Transliteration

svayam eva bhavāṁs tasmād dharmarājasya yad dhitam | tad bravītvāśu sarveṣām āgamānāṁ tvam āgamaḥ ||

Translation

অতএব আপনি নিজেই শীঘ্র বলুন—ধর্মরাজের প্রকৃত হিত যা। কারণ আপনি তো সকল আগমেরও আগম, সকল শাস্ত্রের পরম আধার।

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which/whatever
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• हितम्: beneficial (good)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीत्वा: having said/told
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आगमानाम्: of scriptures/traditions
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• आगमः: scripture/authority
• आगमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Āgamas (scriptural traditions)