Shloka 122

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा: क्षत्रिया वैश्या: शूद्रा वर्णावराश्च ये त्वमेव मेघसंघाश्न विद्युत्स्तनितगर्जित:,ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य, शूद्र तथा अन्त्यज--ये आपके ही स्वरूप हैं। मेघोंकी घटा, बिजली, गर्जना और गड़गड़ाहट भी आप ही हैं

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā varṇāvarāś ca ye tvam eva meghasaṅghāś ca vidyut-stanita-garjitāḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras—along with those outside the fourfold order—are all truly your own forms. The massed clouds, the lightning, and the rumbling peals of thunder are also you.”

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins

क्षत्रियाःKshatriyas

वैश्याःVaishyas

शूद्राःShudras

वर्णावराःthose lower than the (four) varnas

चand

येwho/which

त्वम्you

एवindeed/alone

मेघसङ्घाःmasses/hosts of clouds

असिare

विद्युत्lightning

स्तनितthunder (rumbling)

गर्जितःroar/peal (of thunder)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Brāhmaṇas

Kṣatriyas

Vaiśyas

Śūdras

Varṇāvaras (outside the four varṇas)

cloud-masses

lightning

thunder/rumbling

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes