Shloka 47

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच तथेति हृष्टमनस इत्युकत्वाप्सरसां गणा: । स्वानि स्थानानि सम्प्राप्य रेमिरे भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca tatheti hṛṣṭamanasa ity uktvā apsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | svāni sthānāni samprāpya remire bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Saying, “So be it,” the hosts of Apsarases, their hearts delighted, returned to their own abodes and sported there, O bull among the Bharatas.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तथा: so; thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• हृष्टमनसः: glad-minded; delighted at heart
• हृष्टमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्टमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इत्युक्त्वा: having said thus
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अप्सरसाम्: of the Apsarases
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• गणाः: groups; hosts
• गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वानि: their own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• स्थानानि: places; abodes
• स्थानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सम्प्राप्य: having reached; having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• रेमिरे: they rejoiced; they sported
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Apsarases
• Bharatarṣabha (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira/Bharata-line listener)