Shloka 65

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

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

अनया हनन्‍्द्यमानो*हं भार्यया तव सत्तम | तैस्तैरतिथिसत्कारैर््रेद्य॒न्नेषा वृता मया,'साधुशिरोमणे! तुम्हारी इस पत्नीने अतिथि-सत्कारके द्वारा मेरी इच्छा पूर्ण करनेका वचन दिया है। ब्रह्मन! तब मैंने इसे ही वरण कर लिया है

Transliteration

anayā hanadyamāno ’haṃ bhāryayā tava sattama | tais tair atithi-satkārair īpsitaṃ meṣā vṛtā mayā ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O best of men, though I was being pressed and urged by your wife, she pledged to fulfill my desire through the proper honoring of guests. Therefore, O foremost of the virtuous, I chose her as the one to be accepted, on account of those acts of hospitality.”

Word by Word

• अनया: by this (woman)
• अनया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• हन्: strike/kill (imperative sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: Present (imperative/optative not marked here), 2nd, Singular

• द्यमानः: being (done/treated) (uncertain reading)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्य (धातु) / दा? (uncertain; as in द्यमान)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भार्यया: by (your) wife
• भार्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सत्तम: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तैः: by those (various)
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अतिथि-सत्कारैः: by acts of honoring guests
• अतिथि-सत्कारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथिसत्कार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रेद्यन्: (uncertain; likely 'fulfilling/pleasing')
• Type: Verb
• Root: रेद्/रिध् (uncertain; corrupt reading)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वृता: chosen
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) / वृत (ppp)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• साधु-शिरोमणे: O crest-jewel among the virtuous
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधुशिरोमणि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the addressed man (sattama; unnamed in this verse)
• the wife (bhāryā)
• guests (atithi)