Shloka 9

Devanagari script

न हि नो भ्रूणहा कश्चिज्जातापद्यनूृतोडपि वा | पूर्वाशी वा कुले हास्मिन्‌ देवतातिथिबन्धुषु,“हमारे इस कुलमें कोई भी ऐसा नहीं है, जिसने कभी भ्रूणहत्या की हो, जिसकी संतान पैदा होकर मर गयी हो, जिसने मिथ्या भाषण किया हो अथवा जो देवता, अतिथि एवं बन्धुओंकों अन्न देनेके पहले ही भोजन कर लेता हो”

Transliteration

na hi no bhrūṇahā kaścid jātāpatyanṛto 'pi vā | pūrvāśī vā kule 'smin devatātithibandhuṣu ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “In our lineage there has been no one who has slain an embryo, nor anyone whose child was born only to die, nor anyone given to false speech, nor anyone who eats before first offering food to the gods, to guests, and to kinsmen.”

Word by Word

नnot

हिindeed/for

नःof us/our

भ्रूणहाslayer of an embryo (one who commits भ्रूणहत्या)

कश्चित्anyone

जातापत्one whose child is born and then dies (child-loss)

अनृतोद्speaker of falsehood/liar

अपिalso/even

वाor

पूर्वाशीone who eats first (before others)

वाor

कुलेin the family/clan

हindeed (emphatic particle)

अस्मिन्in this

देवताamong/with respect to deities

अतिथिamong/with respect to guests

बन्धुषुamong/with respect to relatives

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

kula (the Kuru lineage implied)

devatā (gods)

atithi (guest)

bandhu (kinsmen/relatives)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes