Shloka 11

अबुद्धिपूर्वकपापविमोचनप्रश्नः — Janamejaya’s Unintended Transgression and the Indrota Rebuke

Devanagari script

स त्वं संतानवानद्य पुत्रवानसि च द्विज

Transliteration

sa tvaṃ saṃtānavān adya putravān asi ca dvija

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Now you are blessed with lineage and continuity; you are also a father, O twice-born. This marks the fulfillment of household duty and the securing of one’s line, a key support for dharma and social order.”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (you)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संतानवान्: having offspring/lineage
• संतानवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतानवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• पुत्रवान्: having a son/sons
• पुत्रवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• dvija (a twice-born person; addressee)