Shloka 23
Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’
Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda
Devanagari script
अवश्यं तपसा तेषां फलितव्यं नृपोत्तम । यतस्त्वं सहसा भ्रष्ट आकाशान्मेदिनीतलम्,“नृपश्रेष्ठ! तुम्हें महात्मा ब्राह्मणोंका सदा ही समादर करना चाहिये। अवश्य ही यह उनकी तपस्याका फल है; जिससे तुम आकाशसे सहसा भ्रष्ट होकर पातालमें चले आये हो
Transliteration
avaśyaṃ tapasā teṣāṃ phalitavyaṃ nṛpottama | yatastvaṃ sahasā bhraṣṭa ākāśān medinītalam ||
Translation
Dijo Bhīṣma: «¡Oh, el mejor de los reyes! Las austeridades de aquellos grandes brāhmaṇas han debido dar fruto sin falta, pues tú, de pronto, has caído del cielo a la faz de la tierra. Por ello, un soberano debe honrar siempre a tales brāhmaṇas, ya que su poder espiritual produce inevitablemente consecuencias palpables».
Word by Word
अवश्यम्certainly, inevitably
अवश्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअवश्य
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
फलितव्यम्must bear fruit / must result
फलितव्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootफल्
Formgerundive (तव्यत्), neuter, nominative, singular, passive-necessity
नृपोत्तमO best of kings
नृपोत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootनृप + उत्तम
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
यतःsince, because
यतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formnominative, singular
सहसाsuddenly, abruptly
सहसा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा
भ्रष्टःfallen, slipped down
भ्रष्टः:
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रंश्
Formpast passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular
आकाशात्from the sky
आकाशात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश
Formneuter, ablative, singular
मेदिनीतलम्the surface of the earth (ground)
मेदिनीतलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमेदिनी + तल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaN
nṛpa (king, addressed as nṛpottama/nṛpaśreṣṭha)B
brāhmaṇas (implied by context)Ā
ākāśa (sky)M
medinī-tala (earth/ground)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes