Shloka 52
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
Devanagari script
हत्वा साध्वीं च नारीं च व्यसनित्वाच्च वासिताम् | भर्तव्यत्वेन भार्यां च को नु मां तारयिष्यति
Transliteration
hatvā sādhvīṁ ca nārīṁ ca vyasanitvāc ca vāsitām | bhartavyatvena bhāryāṁ ca ko nu māṁ tārayiṣyati
Translation
Bhīṣma dijo: «Habiendo dado muerte a una mujer virtuosa, y también a una mujer empujada a la ruina y obligada a vivir en la miseria, y habiendo tomado esposa sólo como una carga que mantener, ¿quién, en verdad, me librará?»
Word by Word
हत्वाhaving killed
हत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (√हन्)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, non-finite
साध्वीम्a virtuous woman
साध्वीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्वी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नारीम्a woman
नारीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
व्यसनित्वात्because of (my) being in misfortune / from misfortune
व्यसनित्वात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootव्यसनिन् (प्रातिपदिक; 'one afflicted by calamity/misfortune')
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वासिताम्made to live (kept/maintained)
वासिताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवासित (√वास्/√वस् causative; 'made to dwell/kept')
Formक्त (past passive participle), feminine, accusative, singular
भर्तव्यत्वेनby/with the obligation of being supported (as one to be maintained)
भर्तव्यत्वेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तव्यत्व (from भर्तव्य, gerundive of √भृ 'to support' + त्व)
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
भार्याम्wife
भार्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कःwho?
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formaccusative, singular
तारयिष्यतिwill save/deliver
तारयिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ (√तॄ)
Formलृट् (simple future), परस्मैपदम्, third, singular, कर्तरि
Speaker
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