Shloka 78
Devanagari script
अभ्यासे नित्यं देवानां सप्तर्षीणां ध्रुवस्थ च । मोक्षणं सर्वकृच्छाणां मोचयत्यशुभात् सदा
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “By daily practice—repeatedly remembering the gods, the Saptarṣis, and steadfast Dhruva—one is released from every hardship. Their praise and the recitation of their names ever frees one from the inauspicious, that is, from the bondage of sin.”
Word by Word
अभ्यासेin (regular) practice / by repeated practice
अभ्यासे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्यास
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नित्यम्always, daily, constantly
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सप्तर्षीणाम्of the seven sages
सप्तर्षीणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तर्षि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
ध्रुवस्यof Dhruva
ध्रुवस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootध्रुव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मोक्षणम्release, deliverance
मोक्षणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्षण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सर्वकृच्छाणाम्of all hardships/difficulties
सर्वकृच्छाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वकृच्छ
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
मोचयतिfrees, releases
मोचयति:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अशुभात्from inauspiciousness/evil (sin)
अशुभात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअशुभ
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes