Shloka 37
Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मण्या: सदृश: पुत्र: क्षत्रियायाश्व यो भवेत् राजन् विशेषो यस्त्वत्र वर्णयोरुभयोरपि,राजन! ब्राह्मणके समान ही जो क्षत्रियाका पुत्र होगा, उसमें भी उभयवर्णसम्बन्धी अन्तर तो रहेगा ही
Transliteration
brāhmaṇyāḥ sadṛśaḥ putraḥ kṣatriyāyāś ca yo bhavet, rājan viśeṣo yas tv atra varṇayor ubhayor api.
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “O King, even if a son born of a Kṣatriya woman resembles a Brāhmaṇa in qualities, a distinction connected with both varṇas still remains here.”
Word by Word
ब्राह्मण्याःof a Brahmin woman
ब्राह्मण्याः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणी
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
सदृशःsimilar (to)
सदृशः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसदृश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षत्रियायाःof a Kshatriya woman
क्षत्रियायाः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिया
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्might be / would be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विशेषःdifference, distinction
विशेषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविशेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwhich
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
वर्णयोःof the two varnas/classes
वर्णयोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual
उभयोःof both
उभयोः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaK
King (rājan)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes