Shloka 17
Adhyāya 9: Pratiśruta-Dāna
The Duty to Fulfill Promised Gifts
Devanagari script
श्रुतश्चापि मया भूय: कृष्णस्यापि विशाम्पते | कथां कथयत: पूर्व ब्राह्मणं प्रति पाण्डव,प्रजानाथ! पाण्डुनन्दन! फिर मैंने यही बात भगवान् श्रीकृष्णके मुखसे भी सुनी थी; जब कि वे पहले किसी ब्राह्मणसे ऐसी ही कथा कह रहे थे
Transliteration
śrutaś cāpi mayā bhūyaḥ kṛṣṇasyāpi viśāmpate | kathāṃ kathayataḥ pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prati pāṇḍava prajānātha pāṇḍunandana ||
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “O lord of the people, O Pāṇḍava, O son of Pāṇḍu—this very matter I have also heard again from Kṛṣṇa himself, when earlier he was narrating a similar account to a brāhmaṇa. Thus what I relate is not mere hearsay, but a teaching confirmed by authoritative speech.”
Word by Word
श्रुतःheard
श्रुतः:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootश्रुत (√श्रु)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, past passive participle (क्त)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Formcommon, instrumental, singular
भूयःagain; further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
कृष्णस्यof Krishna
कृष्णस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
विशाम्of the people
विशाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootविश्
Formfeminine, genitive, plural
पतेO lord
पते:
TypeNoun
Rootपति
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
कथाम्a story; discourse
कथाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकथा
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
कथयतःof (him) speaking/telling
कथयतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकथयत् (√कथय्)
Formmasculine, genitive, singular, present active participle (शतृ)
पूर्वम्formerly; earlier
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
ब्राह्मणम्a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
प्रतिtowards; to
प्रति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
पाण्डवO Pandava
पाण्डव:
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
प्रजानाथO lord of subjects
प्रजानाथ:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजानाथ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
पाण्डुनन्दनO son of Pandu
पाण्डुनन्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डुनन्दन
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaK
KṛṣṇaP
Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)B
BrāhmaṇaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes