Shloka 27

नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation

Devanagari script

महिमान तु त॑ दृष्टवा पुत्रस्यामिततेजस:

Transliteration

mahimānaṁ tu taṁ dṛṣṭvā putrasyāmitatejasaḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Having beheld that greatness—the extraordinary majesty of his son of immeasurable splendor—one’s mind is moved to reverence and reflection on the power of virtue and destiny.

Word by Word

• महिमानम्: greatness, majesty
• महिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• पुत्रस्य: of (his/the) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अमिततेजसः: of the one of immeasurable splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमिततेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• putra (son; unnamed in this fragment)