Shloka 7

Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)

Devanagari script

यदिदं ब्रह्मणो रूप॑ ब्रह्मचर्यमिति स्मृतम्‌ परं तत्‌ सर्वधर्मेभ्यस्तेन यान्ति परां गतिम्‌

Translation

This virtue called brahmacarya is remembered in the scriptures as the very form of Brahman. It is higher than all dharmas. By observing brahmacarya, people attain the supreme state.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रूपम्: form/nature
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: brahmacarya (continence/student-discipline)
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (क्त)
• Form: Passive (past participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme/highest
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वधर्मेभ्यः: from all dharmas; than all duties
• सर्वधर्मेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• तेन: by that/through that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यान्ति: they go/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच