Shloka 71
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
Devanagari script
द्वासप्ततिविधा चैव शरीरस्य प्रतिक्रिया । देशजातिकुलानां च धर्मा: समनुवर्णिता:,वैद्यक शास्त्रके अनुसार बहत्तर प्रकारकी शारीरिक चिकित्सा तथा देश, जाति और कुलके धर्मोका भी भलीभाँति वर्णन किया गया है
Transliteration
dvāsaptati-vidhā caiva śarīrasya pratikriyā | deśa-jāti-kulānāṃ ca dharmāḥ samanuvarṇitāḥ ||
Translation
Bhishma said: “The medical treatise also describes in full the seventy-two kinds of bodily treatments, and likewise sets forth the customary duties and codes of conduct pertaining to regions, social groups, and lineages.”
Word by Word
द्वासप्ततिविधाःof seventy-two kinds
द्वासप्ततिविधाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वासप्तति + विध (प्रातिपदिक: विधा)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
शरीरस्यof the body
शरीरस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रतिक्रियाःtreatments/remedies
प्रतिक्रियाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिक्रिया
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
देशजातिकुलानाम्of regions, communities (castes), and families/lineages
देशजातिकुलानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेश + जाति + कुल
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
धर्माःduties/customary laws
धर्माः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समनुवर्णिताःhave been fully described
समनुवर्णिताः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + अनु + वर्ण्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes