Shloka 45

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

प्रमाणं यदि वामोरु वचस्ते मम शो भने । इदं वचनमव्यग्रा हृदि त्वं धारये: सदा,“वामोरु शोभने! यदि तुम्हें मेरा वचन मान्य हो तो मेरी इस बातको शान्त भावसे सदा अपने हृदयमें धारण किये रहना

Transliteration

pramāṇaṃ yadi vāmoru vacas te mama śobhane | idaṃ vacanam avyagrā hṛdi tvaṃ dhārayet sadā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O fair one with beautiful thighs, if my words carry authority for you, then keep this counsel always held in your heart, with an undistracted and composed mind.”

Word by Word

• प्रमाणम्: authority/valid proof (as predicate: acceptable/authoritative)
• प्रमाणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वामोरु: O fair-thighed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामोरु
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• वचः: word/speech
• वचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: statement/word
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यग्रा: O unagitated one / O calm one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• हृदि: in (your) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• धारय: hold/keep (you should hold)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Unnamed addressed woman (vāmoru, śobhane)