Shloka 30

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

न मातृपितृशुश्रूषा न च दैवतपूजनम्‌ । नान्यो गुणसमाचार: पुरुषस्य सुखावह:,माता-पिताकी सेवा, देवताओंकी पूजा तथा अन्य सदगुणयुक्त सदाचार भी बुरे दिनोंमें किसी पुरुषके लिये सुखदायक नहीं होता है

Transliteration

na mātṛpitṛśuśrūṣā na ca daivatapūjanam | nānyo guṇasamācāraḥ puruṣasya sukhāvahaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Neither devoted service to one’s mother and father, nor the worship of the gods, nor any other conduct grounded in good qualities necessarily becomes a source of comfort for a man when adverse times descend.

Word by Word

nanot

mātṛ-pitṛ-śuśrūṣāservice to mother and father

nanor

caand

daivata-pūjanamworship of the gods

nanor

anyaḥother

guṇa-samācāraḥvirtuous conduct

puruṣasyaof a man / for a man

sukhāvahaḥbringing happiness

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

mother (mātṛ)

father (pitṛ)

deities (daivata)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes