Shloka 20
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
Devanagari script
त्वक् च मांसं तथास्थीनि मज्जा स्नायुश्व॒ पञजचमम् | इत्येतदिह संघातं शरीरे पृथिवीमयम्,शरीरमें त्वचा, मांस, हड्डी, मज्जा और स्नायु--इन पाँच वस्तुओंका समुदाय पृथ्वीमय है
Transliteration
tvak ca māṁsaṁ tathāsthīni majjā snāyuś ca pañcamam | ity etad iha saṅghātaṁ śarīre pṛthivīmayam ||
Translation
Bharadvāja said: “Skin, flesh, bones, marrow, and—fifth—sinews: this aggregate found here in the body is of the nature of earth.”
Word by Word
त्वक्skin
त्वक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मांसम्flesh
मांसम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अस्थीनिbones
अस्थीनि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्थि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
मज्जाmarrow
मज्जा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमज्जा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्नायुःsinew/ligament
स्नायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्नायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पञ्चमम्the fifth
पञ्चमम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इहhere (in this body/context)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
संघातम्aggregate/collection
संघातम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंघात
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शरीरेin the body
शरीरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पृथिवीमयम्made of earth (earth-constituted)
पृथिवीमयम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथिवीमय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भरद्वाज उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BharadvājaŚ
śarīra (the body)T
tvak (skin)M
māṁsa (flesh)A
asthi (bones)M
majjā (marrow)S
snāyu (sinews)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes