Shloka 5

Devanagari script

षष्ठो हि दिवसस्तेउद्य प्राप्तस्येह तपोधन । न चाभिभाषसे किंचिदाहारं धर्मवत्सल,“धर्मवत्सल तपोधन! आपको यहाँ आये आज छ: दिन हो गये; किंतु अभीतक आप कुछ भोजन लानेके लिये हमें आज्ञा नहीं दे रहे हैं

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭho hi divasas te ’dya prāptasyeha tapodhana | na cābhibhāṣase kiñcid āhāraṃ dharmavatsala ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O ascetic rich in austerity, today makes the sixth day since you arrived here. Yet, O lover of dharma, you have not spoken even a word instructing us to bring you any food.”

Word by Word

• षष्ठः: sixth
• षष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दिवसः: day
• दिवसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उद्य: today/now
• उद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य

• प्राप्तस्य: of (you) who have arrived
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• तपोधन: O treasure of austerity (ascetic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• अभिभाषसे: you speak/address (us)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-भाष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चित्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आहारम्: food
• आहारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मवत्सल: O lover of dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मवत्सल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• tapodhana (ascetic)
• dharmavatsala (dharma-devoted person)
• āhāra (food)