Shloka 2

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि पुरावृत्तं जनाधिप । वासुदेवस्य संवाद पृथिव्याश्वैव भारत

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | atra te vartayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṁ janādhipa | vāsudevasya saṁvādaṁ pṛthivyāś caiva bhārata ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: «Oh señor de los hombres, oh Bharata: aquí te relataré un antiguo suceso, a saber, el diálogo entre Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) y la Tierra».

Word by Word

• {'atra': 'here

• in this matter/context', 'te': 'to you', 'vartayiṣyāmi': 'I shall relate

• I shall narrate', 'purāvṛttam': 'ancient account

• old episode/tradition', 'janādhipa': 'lord of people

• king', 'vāsudevasya': 'of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)', 'saṁvādam': 'dialogue

• conversation', 'pṛthivyāḥ': 'of the Earth (Pṛthivī)', 'ca eva': 'and indeed

• and also', 'bhārata': 'O Bharata

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Janādhipa (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as Bharata-descendant)
• Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Pṛthivī (Earth)