Shloka 17
मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा
Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher
Devanagari script
दशाचार्यानुपाध्याय उपाध्यायान् पिता दश | पितृन् दश तु मातैका सर्वा वा पृथिवीमपि
Transliteration
daśācāryān upādhyāya upādhyāyān pitā daś | pitṝn daśa tu mātāikā sarvā vā pṛthivīm api ||
Translation
Bhīṣma sprach: „Ein Upādhyāya ist zu ehren wie zehn Lehrer; ein Vater wie zehn Upādhyāyas; doch eine einzige Mutter überragt zehn Väter — ja, sie ist der Verehrung würdig, selbst über die ganze Erde hinaus.“
Word by Word
दशten
दश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आचार्यान्teachers
आचार्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उपाध्यायःa preceptor (sub-teacher)
उपाध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपाध्यायान्preceptors
उपाध्यायान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दशten
दश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पितॄन्fathers/forefathers
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दशten
दश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एकाone (single)
एका:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वाall/entire
सर्वा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaĀ
ācārya (teacher)U
upādhyāya (instructor)P
pitā (father)M
mātā (mother)P
pṛthivī (earth)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes