Shloka 62

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

न हि सा तेन सम्भेदं पत्नी नीता महात्मना | विजने चाश्रमस्थेन पुत्रश्नापि समाहित:,एकान्त वनमें उस आश्रमके भीतर रहनेवाले महामना गौतमने अपनी पत्नी तथा एकाग्रचित्त पुत्र चिरकारीको कभी अपनेसे अलग नहीं किया

Transliteration

na hi sā tena sambhedaṃ patnī nītā mahātmanā | vijane cāśramasthena putraś cāpi samāhitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «En verdad, aquel Gautama de gran alma, que moraba en su ermita en un bosque apartado, jamás provocó separación alguna de sí mismo—ni para su esposa ni para su hijo, que permanecía firme y sereno.»

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• hi: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi

• sā: she (that woman)
• sā: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (sā)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• tena: by him/with him
• tena: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (tena)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• sambhedam: separation/parting
• sambhedam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: sambheda
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• nītā: was led/was taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (dhātu) → nīta
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanā: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahātman
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• vijane: in a solitary/deserted place
• vijane: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijana
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• āśrama-sthena: by (one) dwelling in the hermitage
• āśrama-sthena: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśrama-stha
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• putraśnā: Putraśnā (proper name)
• putraśnā: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraśnā
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• samāhitaḥ: composed/collected (in mind)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (dhātu) → samāhita
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Gautama
• Gautama's wife
• Gautama's son
• Ashrama (hermitage)
• Vijana-vana (secluded forest)