Shloka 6

Adhyāya 9: Pratiśruta-Dāna

The Duty to Fulfill Promised Gifts

Devanagari script

अथैतद्‌ वचन प्राहुर्धर्मशास्त्रविदो जना: । निशम्य भरतश्रेष्ठ बुद्ध्या परमयुक्तया,भरतश्रेष्ठ! धर्मशास्त्रके ज्ञाता मनुष्य अपनी परम योगयुक्त बुद्धिसे विचार करके यह उपर्युक्त बात कहते हैं

Transliteration

athaitad vacanaṃ prāhur dharmaśāstravido janāḥ | niśamya bharataśreṣṭha buddhyā paramayuktayā ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Having heard this, O best of the Bharatas, people who are learned in the treatises on dharma declare this statement after reflecting upon it with a supremely disciplined and well-yoked intellect.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वचनम्: statement/word
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्राहुः: they said/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural

• धर्मशास्त्रविदः: knowers of dharma-śāstra
• धर्मशास्त्रविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मशास्त्रविद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• निशम्य: having heard/after hearing
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + शम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• बुद्ध्या: with (their) intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• परमयुक्तया: fully disciplined/most well-yoked
• परमयुक्तया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमयुक्त
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bharataśreṣṭha (addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira)