Shloka 33
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
Devanagari script
शिशो: शुश्रूषणाच्छुश्रूममाता देहमनन्तरम् । चेतनावान् नरो हन्याद् यस्य नासुषिरं शिर:
Translation
By tending and serving the infant, she bears the name “mother.” The mother is one’s nearest body. No man who is conscious—whose mind has not become hollow of thought—can slay his own mother.
Word by Word
शिशोःof the child
शिशोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशिशु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
शुश्रूषणात्from/through service (attendance)
शुश्रूषणात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशुश्रूषणा
FormFeminine, Ablative, Singular
शुश्रूŚuśrū (a woman named Śuśrū)
शुश्रू:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशुश्रू
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
देहम्body
देहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनन्तरम्nearest/next (immediate)
अनन्तरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्तर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चेतनावान्conscious, sentient
चेतनावान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचेतनावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हन्यात्should kill / would kill
हन्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormVidhi-ling (Optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
असुषिरम्not hollow; not empty (of sense)
असुषिरम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअसुषिर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes