Shloka 2
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
Devanagari script
त्वं हि नः परमो वक्ता लोके5स्मिन् भरतर्षभ । एतदू भवन्तं पृच्छामि तनमे त्वं वक्तुमहसि,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--भूपाल! जो मनुष्य बन्धु-बान्धवोंका अथवा राज्यका नाश हो जानेपर घोर संकटमें पड़ गया हो, उसके कल्याणका क्या उपाय है? भरतश्रेष्ठ! इस संसारमें आप ही हमारे लिये सबसे श्रेष्ठ वक्ता हैं; इसलिये यह बात आपसे ही पूछता हूँ। आप यह सब मुझे बतानेकी कृपा करें
Transliteration
tvam hi naḥ paramo vaktā loke 'smin bharatarṣabha | etad eva bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi tan me tvaṃ vaktum arhasi ||
Translation
Bhishma said: “Indeed, you are our foremost speaker in this world, O bull among the Bharatas. Therefore I ask this very matter of you; you are worthy to explain it to me.”
Word by Word
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नःof us/our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
परमःsupreme/best
परमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वक्ताspeaker/expounder
वक्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवक्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
एतत्this (matter)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उindeed/also (emphatic particle)
उ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
भवन्तम्you (honorific) (as object)
भवन्तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootभवत्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पृच्छामिI ask
पृच्छामि:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
तन्मेthat, to me
तन्मे:
TypePronoun
Rootतद् + अस्मद्
Formsandhi form; resolves to 'तत् मे'
तत्that (thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me/for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
वक्तुम्to speak/tell
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
अर्हसिyou are able/you ought
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaB
Bharatarshabha (epithet; contextually Yudhishthira)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes