Shloka 18
Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons
Devanagari script
सत्त्वस्थं च मनो नित्यं तव भीष्म भविष्यति । रजस्तमोभ्यां रहित॑ घनैर्मुक्त इवोडुराट्,भीष्म! आपका मन मेघके आवरणसे मुक्त हुए चन्द्रमाकी भाँति रजोगुण और तमोगुणसे रहित होकर सदा सत्त्वगुणमें स्थित रहेगा
Transliteration
sattvasthaṃ ca mano nityaṃ tava bhīṣma bhaviṣyati | rajastamobhyāṃ rahitaṃ ghanair mukta ivodurāṭ ||
Translation
Vāyu-deva said: “O Bhīṣma, your mind will ever remain established in sattva, free from rajas and tamas, like the moon released from the covering of dense clouds.”
Word by Word
सत्त्वस्थम्situated in sattva (goodness)
सत्त्वस्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्त्व-स्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
तवof you / your
तव:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
भीष्मO Bhishma
भीष्म:
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3, Singular
रजस्तमोभ्याम्by/with rajas and tamas
रजस्तमोभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्-तमस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Dual
रहितःdevoid (of)
रहितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootरहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
घनैःby clouds
घनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootघन
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
मुक्तःfreed, released
मुक्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उडुराट्the moon (king of stars)
उडुराट्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउडुराज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu-devaB
BhīṣmaM
Moon (uḍurāṭ)C
Clouds (ghana)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes