Shloka 132

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माण्यदेवो भगवान्‌ प्रीयतां ते सनातनः

Transliteration

brahmāṇyadevo bhagavān prīyatāṁ te sanātanaḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Que el eterno Señor Bienaventurado—devoto de los brahmanes y del orden sagrado—se complazca en ti.»

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मण्यदेवः: the Brahmin-favoring god
• ब्रह्मण्यदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मण्य + देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीयताम्: may (he) be pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-ling), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Brahmins (brāhmaṇāḥ, implied by brahmāṇya)