Shloka 124

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

वृक्षाणां ककुदो5सि त्वं गिरीणां शिखराणि च । व्याप्रो मृगाणां पततां ताक्ष्योडनन्तश्न भोगिनाम्‌,वृक्षोंमें प्रधान वट-पीपल आदि, पर्वतोंमें उनके शिखर, वन-जन्तुओंमें व्याप्र, पक्षियोंमें गरुड़ तथा सर्पोमें अनन्त आप ही हैं

Transliteration

vṛkṣāṇāṃ kakudo 'si tvaṃ girīṇāṃ śikharāṇi ca | vyāghro mṛgāṇāṃ patatāṃ tākṣyo 'nantaś ca bhoginām ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Among trees you are the foremost (like the banyan and the aśvattha); among mountains you are their peaks. Among beasts you are the tiger; among flying creatures you are Tākṣya (Garuḍa); and among serpents you are Ananta.”

Word by Word

• वृक्षाणाम्: among trees / of trees
• वृक्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ककुदः: the chief, the foremost
• ककुदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• गिरीणाम्: among mountains / of mountains
• गिरीणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शिखराणि: peaks, summits
• शिखराणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• व्याघ्रः: tiger
• व्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृगाणाम्: among beasts/animals
• मृगाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पतताम्: of the flying ones (birds)
• पतताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ताक्ष्यः: Tākṣya (Garuḍa)
• ताक्ष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताक्ष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनन्तः: Ananta (Śeṣa)
• अनन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भोगिनाम्: among serpents (the coiled ones)
• भोगिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Tākṣya (Garuḍa)
• Ananta (Śeṣa)
• trees (e.g., vaṭa, aśvattha)
• mountain peaks
• tiger
• serpents