Shloka 25

प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence

Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue

Devanagari script

मृत्योर्वा मुखमेतद्‌ वै या ग्रामे वसतो रति: । देवानामेष वै गोष्ठो यदरण्यमिति श्रुति:

Transliteration

mṛtyor vā mukham etad vai yā grāme vasato ratiḥ | devānām eṣa vai goṣṭho yad araṇyam iti śrutiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Truly, this fondness for living in a village is as it were the very mouth of Death. For the tradition (śruti) declares that the forest is indeed the gathering-place of the gods.”

Word by Word

• मृत्योः: of death
• मृत्योः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• मुखम्: mouth; entrance
• मुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ग्रामे: in a village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वसतः: of one dwelling (living)
• वसतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रतिः: delight; attachment
• रतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• गोष्ठः: assembly; resort; gathering-place
• गोष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अरण्यम्: forest; wilderness
• अरण्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रुतिः: tradition; what is heard (scriptural saying)
• श्रुतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mṛtyu (Death)
• Devas (gods)
• grāma (village/settlement)
• araṇya (forest)