Shloka 60

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics

Devanagari script

भूमिं केचित्‌ प्रविविशु: पर्वतानपरे तथा

Transliteration

bhūmiṁ kecit praviviśuḥ parvatān apare tathā

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Einige drangen in die Erde ein, andere ebenso in die Berge.“

Word by Word

• भूमिम्: the earth/ground
• भूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क- (किम्) + चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रविविशुः: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi (Earth)
• Parvata (Mountains)
• Bhīṣma