Shloka 14

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

भार्या हि परमो हार्थ: पुरुषस्येह पठ्यते | असहायस्य लोके<स्मिंललोकयात्रासहायिनी,'पुरुषकी प्रधान सम्पत्ति उसकी पत्नी ही कही जाती है। इस लोकमें जो असहाय है, उसे भी लोक-यात्रामें सहायता देनेवाली उसकी पत्नी ही है

Transliteration

bhāryā hi paramo hārthaḥ puruṣasyeha paṭhyate | asahāyasya loke 'smin lokayātrāsahāyinī ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “In this world, a man’s highest wealth is declared to be his wife. Even for one who is otherwise without support, she becomes the helper by whom the journey of life in this world is carried on.”

Word by Word

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• परमः: supreme/chief
• परमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थः: wealth/asset/value
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषस्य: of a man
• पुरुषस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here/in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• पठ्यते: is said/recited
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• असहायस्य: of one who is without help
• असहायस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असहाय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लोकयात्रासहायिनी: helper in the journey of life (worldly course)
• लोकयात्रासहायिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकयात्रासहायिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma