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Shloka 72

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

कि ते धनेन कि बन्धुभिस्ते कि ते पुत्रै: पुत्रक यो मरिष्यसि । आत्मानमन्विच्छ गुहां प्रविष्ट पितामहास्ते क्व गताश्ष सर्वे,बेटा! जब तुम्हें एक दिन मरना ही है, तब धन, बन्धु और पुत्र आदिसे तुम्हें क्या लेना है; अतः तुम हृदयरूपी गुफामें छिपे हुए आत्मतत्त्वका अनुसंधान करो। सोचो तो सही; आज तुम्हारे सारे पूर्वज--पितामह कहाँ चले गये?

ki te dhanena ki bandhubhis te ki te putraiḥ putraka yo mariṣyasi | ātmānam anviccha guhāṁ praviṣṭa pītāmahās te kva gatāś ca sarve ||

Vyāsa said: “What use to you is wealth? What use are your kinsmen? What use are sons—dear child—when you must one day die? Seek out the Self that has entered the cave of the heart. Reflect: where have all your forefathers, your grandfathers, gone?”

किम्what (use/need)?
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
Forminterrogative particle
तेto you/for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formdative, singular
धनेनwith wealth / by wealth
धनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधन
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
किम्what (use/need)?
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
Forminterrogative particle
बन्धुभिःwith kinsmen/relatives
बन्धुभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
तेto you/for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formdative, singular
किम्what (use/need)?
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
Forminterrogative particle
तेto you/for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formdative, singular
पुत्रैःwith sons
पुत्रैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
पुत्रकO son! (dear boy)
पुत्रक:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रक
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
यःwho (you who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
मरिष्यसिyou will die
मरिष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootमृ
Formsimple future (luṭ), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular
आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अन्विच्छseek, investigate
अन्विच्छ:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-इष्
Formimperative (loṭ), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular
गुहाम्cave (heart-cave)
गुहाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
प्रविष्टम्entered, hidden within
प्रविष्टम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र-विश्
Formpast passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine (agreeing with आत्मानम्)
पितामहाःgrandfathers/forefathers
पितामहाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
क्वwhere?
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
Forminterrogative adverb
गताःgone
गताः:
TypeParticiple
Rootगम्
Formpast active participle, nominative, plural, masculine (agreeing with पितामहाः)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formmasculine, nominative, plural (agreeing with पितामहाः)

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
Ā
ātman (Self)
P
pītāmahāḥ (forefathers/ancestors)