Shloka 5
Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)
Devanagari script
भीष्म उवाच गुहां धर्मज मा प्राक्षीरतीव भरतर्षभ । अपृष्टो नोत्सहे वक्तुं धर्ममेतं युधिष्ठिर
Transliteration
bhīṣma uvāca guhã dharmaja mā prākṣīr atīva bharatarṣabha | apṛṣṭo notsahe vaktuṁ dharmam etaṁ yudhiṣṭhira ||
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “O Dharmarāja, O best of the Bharatas, do not press me too insistently about this subtle matter. Unless I am asked, I do not feel able to speak of this teaching on dharma, O Yudhiṣṭhira.”
Word by Word
भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
गुहाम्a secret (lit. cave/hidden thing)
गुहाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
धर्मजO son of Dharma (Yudhishthira)
धर्मज:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
प्राक्षीःyou should ask / ask
प्राक्षीः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
FormAorist (injunctive/imperative sense with मा), Second, Singular
अतीवexcessively, very much
अतीव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अपृष्टःnot asked
अपृष्टः:
TypeVerb
Rootपृच्छ्
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उत्सहेI am able / I dare
उत्सहे:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सह्
FormPresent, First, Singular
वक्तुम्to speak
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
धर्मम्dharma, duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एतम्this
एतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaY
Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja/Dharmaja)B
Bharata lineage (Bharatarṣabha)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes