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Shloka 38

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

कि ते धनैर्बान्धवैर्वापि कि ते किं ते दारैब्राह्मण यो मरिष्यसि । आत्मानमन्विच्छ गुहां प्रविष्टं पितामहास्ते क्व गता: पिता च,ब्राह्मणदेव (पिताजी)) जब एक दिन आपको मरना ही है, तब इन धन-वैभव, बन्धु- बान्धव तथा स्त्री-पुत्रोंसे क्या प्रयोजन है? अपनी हृदयगुहामें विराजमान आत्माकी खोज कीजिये। सोचिये तो सही, आज आपके पिताजी कहाँ हैं, दादा-बाबा कहाँ चले गये

ki te dhanair bāndhavair vāpi ki te kiṁ te dārair brāhmaṇa yo mariṣyasi | ātmānam anviccha guhāṁ praviṣṭaṁ pitāmahās te kva gatāḥ pitā ca ||

Bhīṣma said: “What use to you are riches or even kinsmen? What use are wife and household to you, O brāhmaṇa, when you are destined to die? Seek the Self that has entered the cave of the heart. Reflect: where have your forefathers gone, and where is your father now?”

किम्what (use)?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formdative/genitive, singular
धनैःby/with wealth
धनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधन
Formneuter, instrumental, plural
बान्धवैःby/with kinsmen
बान्धवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
किम्what (use)?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formdative/genitive, singular
किम्what (use)?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formdative/genitive, singular
दारैःby/with wife/wives (household)
दारैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदार
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
ब्राह्मणO Brahmin
ब्राह्मण:
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
यःwho (you who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
मरिष्यसिyou will die
मरिष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootमृ
Formsimple future (luṭ), 2, singular, parasmaipada
आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अन्विच्छseek; search for
अन्विच्छ:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + इष्
Formimperative (loṭ), 2, singular, parasmaipada
गुहाम्cave; inner recess
गुहाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
प्रविष्टम्entered (having entered)
प्रविष्टम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र + विश्
Formpast passive participle, masculine, accusative, singular
पितामहाःgrandfathers/ancestors
पितामहाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
क्वwhere?
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
गताःgone
गताः:
TypeParticiple
Rootगम्
Formpast active participle, masculine, nominative, plural
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
brāhmaṇa
Ā
ātman (Self)
G
guhā (cave of the heart)
P
pitā (father)
P
pitāmahāḥ (forefathers/ancestors)
D
dhana (wealth)
B
bāndhava (kinsmen)
D
dāra (wife/household)