Shloka 69

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्निन्मे प्रियकृत्तम: । भविता न च मे तस्मादन्य: प्रियतरो भुवि

Transliteration

na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priyakṛttamaḥ | bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi ||

Translation

Unter den Menschen gibt es keinen, der Mir etwas Lieberes getan hätte als er; und auf dieser Erde wird es auch künftig keinen anderen geben, der Mir lieber wäre als er.

Word by Word

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

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

• तस्मात्: than him/from him
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• मनुष्येषु: among men
• मनुष्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मे: of me/to me (my)
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• प्रियकृत्तमः: the most pleasing-doer (one who does what is dear most)
• प्रियकृत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियकृत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, superlative (-तम)

• भविता: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: periphrastic future (लुट्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

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

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

• मे: of me/to me (my)
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• तस्मात्: than him
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रियतरः: dearer
• प्रियतरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, comparative (-तर)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical value of gratitude and loyalty: recognizing and honoring the person who has rendered the most cherished help, and affirming steadfast affection grounded in remembered beneficence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna, speaking in the Bhīṣma Parva context, declares that no human has done a deed more dear to him than the person he refers to, and that no one in the future will surpass that person in Arjuna’s affection—an emphatic statement of personal devotion and indebtedness.