Shloka 45

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फल प्राप्रोत्यनुत्तमम्‌ रूपवत्यश्नल तं कन्या रमयन्ति सनातनम्‌

Transliteration

aśvamedha-sahasrasya phalaṁ prāpnoty anuttamam | rūpavatyaś ca taṁ kanyā ramayanti sanātanam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Er erlangt die unvergleichliche Frucht, gleich der von tausend Aśvamedha-Opfern; und schöne Jungfrauen erfreuen jenes ewige Wesen.

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य: of a thousand Aśvamedha (sacrifices)
• अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेधसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रूपवत्यः: beautiful (women)
• रूपवत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्नन्ति: eat, partake (of)
• अश्नन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कन्याः: maidens, girls
• कन्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• रमयन्ति: delight, please
• रमयन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (णिच्)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• सनातनम्: eternal (one)
• सनातनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• kanyāḥ (maidens)