Shloka 97

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

Devanagari script

सदा द्वादशमासान्‌ वै जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌ | अहिंसानिरतो धीमान्‌ सत्यवागनसूयक:

Transliteration

sadā dvādaśa-māsān vai juhmāno jātavedasam | ahiṁsā-nirato dhīmān satyavāg anasūyakaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Wer während der zwölf Monate unablässig Opfergaben in Jātavedas (das Opferfeuer) darbringt, der der Gewaltlosigkeit zugetan ist, weise im Wandel, wahrhaftig im Wort und frei vom Fehlersuchen—der verkörpert das von der Dharma gerühmte Leben der Zucht und Sittlichkeit.“

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural (agreeing with मासान्)

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• जुह्मानः: offering (in sacrifice), performing oblations
• जुह्मानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), masculine nominative singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• अहिंसा: in non-violence
• अहिंसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसा
• Form: Feminine, locative singular (in -आ stem: अहिंसायाम् → अहिंसा in poetic usage)

• निरतः: engaged, devoted
• निरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• धीमान्: wise, intelligent
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• सत्यवाक्: truth-speaking
• सत्यवाक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवाच्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• अनसूयकः: free from envy/censure
• अनसूयकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनसूयक
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jātavedas (Agni)