Shloka 8
अबुद्धिपूर्वकपापविमोचनप्रश्नः — Janamejaya’s Unintended Transgression and the Indrota Rebuke
Devanagari script
यो हि वच्िद् द्विज॑ हन्याद् गांच लोकस्य मातरम्
Transliteration
yo hi kaścid dvija hanyād gāṁ lokasya mātaram
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “If any twice-born man were to kill a cow—the mother of the world—he would commit a grievous wrong, for the cow is upheld in dharma as a universal benefactress and a symbol of protection owed to the innocent.”
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
कश्चित्someone/anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजम्a twice-born (brahmin etc.)
द्विजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
हन्यात्should kill/might kill
हन्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गाम्a cow
गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
लोकस्यof the world/people
लोकस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaD
dvijaC
cow (go/gā)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes