Shloka 67

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

त्रासयन्निव देवेन्द्र वाग्भिस्तक्षसि मामिह

Transliteration

trāsayann iva devendra vāgbhis takṣasi mām iha

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O Indra among gods, you seem to be frightening me; here, with your words, you are as though carving me—cutting into me with sharp speech.”

Word by Word

• त्रासयन्: frightening, causing fear
• त्रासयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रासय् (त्रस् + णिच्)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• देवेन्द्र: O Indra (lord of the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेन्द्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वाग्भिः: with words/speech
• वाग्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तक्षसि: you cut/hew; you wound (as if carving)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तक्ष्
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devendra (Indra)