Shloka 47

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

राजलोका ह्व[तिक्रान्ता यान्न संख्यातुमुत्सहे

Transliteration

rājalokā hy atikrāntā yān na saṅkhyātum utsahe

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Many royal personages have already passed beyond (this world)—so many that I do not even venture to count them.”

Word by Word

• राजलोकाः: royal people; kings and their retinues
• राजलोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजलोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अतिक्रान्ताः: having passed beyond; having exceeded
• अतिक्रान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यान्: whom; which (persons)
• यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संख्यातुम्: to count; to enumerate
• Type: Verb
• Root: संख्या (√ख्या with सम्-)
• Form: Infinitive

• उत्सहे: I am able; I dare; I undertake
• उत्सहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājaloka (kings/royal persons)