Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 27

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

उद्यतेषु च शस्त्रेषु मृग॒व्यालभयेषु च । अमांसभक्षणे राजन्‌ भयमन्यैर्न गच्छति

Transliteration

udyateṣu ca śastreṣu mṛga-vyāla-bhayeṣu ca | amāṁsa-bhakṣaṇe rājan bhayam anyair na gacchati ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „O König, selbst wenn Waffen erhoben sind und selbst inmitten von Ängsten, die durch Hirsche, wilde Bestien und andere Gefahren entstehen, gerät der, der kein Fleisch isst, nicht unter die Furcht, die von anderen ausgeht.“

Word by Word

• उद्यतेषु: when (they are) raised
• उद्यतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• शस्त्रेषु: in weapons
• शस्त्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• मृगव्यालभयेषु: in fears from beasts and predators
• मृगव्यालभयेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग-व्याल-भय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• अमांसभक्षणे: in abstaining from eating meat
• अमांसभक्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-मांस-भक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यैः: by others
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• गच्छति: goes/comes (i.e., befalls/attains)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied by context)
• weapons (śastra)
• deer (mṛga)
• wild beasts/dangerous creatures (vyāla)