Shloka 65
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
Devanagari script
शोककाले शुचो मा त्वं हर्षकाले च मा हृष:
Transliteration
śokakāle śuco mā tvaṃ harṣakāle ca mā hṛṣaḥ
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “In times of sorrow, do not sink into grief; and in times of joy, do not become elated.”
Word by Word
शोककालेat the time of sorrow
शोककाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशोक-काल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शुचःgrieve
शुचः:
TypeVerb
Rootशुच् (धातु)
FormImperative, Second, Singular
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
हर्षकालेat the time of joy
हर्षकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहर्ष-काल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
हृषःrejoice / exult
हृषः:
TypeVerb
Rootहृष् (धातु)
FormImperative, Second, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes