Shloka 16

उपवासविधि-प्रश्नः

Inquiry into the Discipline of Fasting

Devanagari script

माता गरीयसी यच्च तेनैतां मन्यते जन: । ज्येष्ठो भ्राता पितृसमो मृते पितरि भारत,भरतनन्दन! माताका गौरव सबसे बढ़कर है, इसलिये लोग उसका विशेष आदर करते हैं। भारत! पिताकी मृत्यु हो जानेपर बड़े भाईको ही पिताके समान समझना चाहिये

Transliteration

mātā garīyasī yac ca tenaitāṃ manyate janaḥ | jyeṣṭho bhrātā pitṛ-samo mṛte pitari bhārata ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Because the mother is weightier (more venerable), people therefore regard her with special honor. And, O Bharata, when the father has died, the eldest brother should be considered equal to the father.”

Word by Word

माताmother

गरीयसीmore venerable/greater

यत्because/for that reason (yad)

चand

तेनtherefore/by that (reason)

एताम्this (her)

मन्यतेconsiders/thinks (honours as)

जनःpeople/the world

ज्येष्ठःeldest

भ्राताbrother

पितृसमःequal to a father

मृतेwhen (he is) dead

पितरिin/when the father (is gone)

भारतO Bharata

भरतनन्दनO descendant/son of Bharata

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Bharata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes