Shloka 14

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

भार्या हि परमो हार्थ: पुरुषस्येह पठ्यते | असहायस्य लोके<स्मिंललोकयात्रासहायिनी

Transliteration

bhāryā hi paramo hārthaḥ puruṣasyeha paṭhyate | asahāyasya loke 'smin lokayātrāsahāyinī ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „In dieser Welt gilt als des Mannes höchster Reichtum seine Ehefrau. Selbst für den, der sonst ohne Beistand ist, wird sie zur Helferin, durch die die Lebensreise in dieser Welt fortgeführt wird.“

Word by Word

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• परमः: supreme/chief
• परमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थः: wealth/asset/value
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषस्य: of a man
• पुरुषस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here/in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• पठ्यते: is said/recited
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• असहायस्य: of one who is without help
• असहायस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असहाय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लोकयात्रासहायिनी: helper in the journey of life (worldly course)
• लोकयात्रासहायिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकयात्रासहायिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma