Shloka 22

स्त्रीस्वभावप्रश्नः — Nārada and Pañcacūḍā on Strī-svabhāva

Anuśāsana-parva 38

Devanagari script

तान्‌ पूजयस्व सततं दानेन परिचर्यया । यदीच्छसि महीं भोक्तुमिमां सागरमेखलाम्‌,युधिष्ठिर! यदि तुम इस समुद्रपर्यन्त पृथ्वीका राज्य भोगना चाहते हो तो दान और सेवाके द्वारा सदा ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा करते रहो

Transliteration

tān pūjayasva satataṃ dānena paricaryayā | yadīcchasi mahīṃ bhoktum imāṃ sāgaramekhalām, yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Ehrt sie stets—durch Gaben und durch hingebungsvollen Dienst. Wenn du die Herrschaft über diese Erde genießen willst, die vom Ozean umgürtet ist, o Yudhiṣṭhira, dann verehre die Brāhmaṇas unablässig auf diese Weise.“

Word by Word

• तान्: them (those)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पूजयस्व: worship/honour (you should honour)
• पूजयस्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• दानेन: by giving, through gifts
• दानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• परिचर्यया: by service/attendance
• परिचर्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचर्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• इच्छसि: you desire/wish
• इच्छसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भोक्तुम्: to enjoy/possess (to rule)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सागर-मेखलाम्: girdled by the ocean (ocean-belted)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागरमेखला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇas
• Earth (mahī)
• Ocean (sāgara)