Shloka 123

ज्येष्ठ-कनिष्ठ-धर्मः — Duties of Elders and Juniors

Anuśāsana-parva 108

Devanagari script

अपत्यमुत्पाद्य तत: प्रतिष्ठाप्प कुलं तथा

Transliteration

apatyam utpādya tataḥ pratiṣṭhāpya kulaṃ tathā

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Having begotten offspring, one should then duly establish and uphold the family line as well.”

Word by Word

• अपत्यम्: offspring, child
• अपत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्पाद्य: having produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + √पद् (उत्पादयति)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (causative base), having produced/caused to be born

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having established
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + √स्था (प्रतिष्ठापयति)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (causative base), having established/installed

• कुलम्: family, lineage
• कुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma