Shloka 108

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं ब्रह्मनू भक्तिमतो मया

Transliteration

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ brahmanū bhaktimatā mayā

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „O Brahmane! In meiner Hingabe habe ich dir nun all dies vollständig dargelegt.“

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told, explained
• आख्यातम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (O sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उ: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• भक्तिमतः: from (me) who is devoted / of (me) devoted
• भक्तिमतः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative/Genitive, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahman (addressed interlocutor)