Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यथा येन च कल्पेन स तस्मै द्विजसत्तम: । कथां कथितवान्‌ पृष्टस्तथा त्वमपि मे शृणु

Transliteration

yathā yena ca kalpena sa tasmai dvijasattamaḥ | kathāṃ kathitavān pṛṣṭas tathā tvam api me śṛṇu

Translation

Bhishma said: “In whatever manner and by whatever method that foremost of twice-born ones, when questioned, narrated the account to him—so too, listen from me as I relate it to you.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• कल्पेन: by the method/arrangement
• कल्पेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• द्विजसत्तमः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विजसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथाम्: the story/discourse
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कथितवान्: told, narrated
• कथितवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• पृष्टः: having been asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Passive, Past (PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so, thus, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शृणु: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• dvijasattama (an eminent brāhmaṇa)