Shloka 40

Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

केवलं पुरुषस्तेन सेवितो हरिरीश्वर: । ततः शीघ्र॑ जहौ शापं ब्रह्मतोकमवाप च,फिर उन्होंने केवल पुरुषप्रवर भगवान्‌ श्रीहरिका सेवन किया, जिससे वे उस शापसे शीघ्र ही छूट गये और ब्रह्मलोकमें जा पहुँचे

Transliteration

kevalaṁ puruṣas tena sevito harir īśvaraḥ | tataḥ śīghraṁ jahau śāpaṁ brahmalokam avāpa ca |

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: Se entregó únicamente al servicio de Hari, el Señor, el Purusha supremo. Por ello se despojó pronto de la maldición y alcanzó Brahmaloka.

Word by Word

• केवलम्: only, merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• पुरुषः: the man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सेवितः: served, worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• जहौ: abandoned, cast off
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• शापम्: curse
• शापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahma-world (Brahmaloka)
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप: attained, reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Brahmaloka