Shloka 11

गोमहात्म्य-प्रश्नोत्तरम्

Saudāsa–Vasiṣṭha on the Purifying Power of Cows

Devanagari script

भीष्मजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ युधिष्ठिर! यह उपर्युक्त उपदेश ब्रह्माजीने इन्द्रको दिया। इन्द्रने राजा दशरथको तथा पिता दशरथने अपने पुत्र श्रीरामचन्द्रजीको दिया

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca—bharataśreṣṭha yudhiṣṭhira! ayam uparyukta upadeśaḥ brahmaṇā indrāya dattaḥ; indreṇa rājñe daśarathāya, pitṛṇā daśarathena ca svasmai putrāya śrīrāmacandrāya dattaḥ.

Translation

Bhishma said: “O Yudhishthira, best of the Bharatas! This instruction, spoken above, was first given by Brahma to Indra. Indra passed it on to King Dasharatha, and Dasharatha, as a father, transmitted it to his own son, Sri Ramachandra.”

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपर्युक्तः: aforementioned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपरि-उक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपदेशः: instruction, teaching
• उपदेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahma
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्राय: to Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अदात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्ञे: to the king
• राज्ञे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• दशरथाय: to Dasharatha
• दशरथाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अदात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दशरथः: Dasharatha
• दशरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वस्मै: to his (own)
• स्वस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• पुत्राय: to (his) son
• पुत्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• श्रीरामचन्द्राय: to Shri Ramachandra
• श्रीरामचन्द्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-रामचन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अदात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira
• Brahma
• Indra
• King Dasharatha
• Sri Ramachandra (Rama)