Shloka 9

Devanagari script

न ह्स्त्यविदितं लोके देवर्षे तव किंचन । श्रुतं वाप्यनुभूतं वा दृष्ट वा कथयस्व मे,*देवर्ष! जगतमें कोई भी ऐसी बात नहीं है, जो आपको ज्ञात न हो। यदि आपने कोई अदभुत बात देखी हो, सुनी हो अथवा अनुभव की हो तो वह मुझे बताइये'

Transliteration

na hy asty aviditaṁ loke devarṣe tava kiṁcana | śrutaṁ vāpy anubhūtaṁ vā dṛṣṭaṁ vā kathayasva me ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O divine seer, there is nothing in this world that is unknown to you. If you have heard of any wondrous matter, or personally experienced it, or seen it with your own eyes—tell it to me.”

Word by Word

नnot

हिindeed/for

अस्तिthere is

अविदितम्unknown

लोकेin the world

देवर्षेO divine sage

तवof you/for you

किम्anything/what

चनeven/at all (with negation: 'anything at all')

श्रुतम्heard (thing)

वाor

अपिalso/even

अनुभूतम्experienced (thing)

वाor

दृष्टम्seen (thing)

वाor

कथयस्वtell (you)

मेto me

देवर्षेO divine sage

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Devarṣi (divine seer)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes