Shloka 52

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

इदं तु शृणु राजेन्द्र कीर्त्यमानं मयानघ । अभक्षणे सर्वसुखं मांसस्य मनुजाधिप,निष्पाप राजेन्द्र! मनुजेश्वर! मेरी कही हुई यह बात भी सुनो--मांस-भक्षण न करनेसे सब प्रकारका सुख मिलता है

Transliteration

idaṁ tu śṛṇu rājendra kīrtyamānaṁ mayānagha | abhakṣaṇe sarvasukhaṁ māṁsasya manujādhipa ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «Ô meilleur des rois, ô toi sans faute, écoute encore ce que je proclame. Ô seigneur des hommes, en s’abstenant de manger de la viande, on obtient toute forme de bien-être.»

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• śṛṇu: hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru
• Form: imperative, 2, singular, parasmaipada

• rājendra: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājendra
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• kīrtyamānam: being declared/being related
• kīrtyamānam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrtyamāna
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: instrumental, singular

• anagha: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anagha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• abhakṣaṇe: in non-eating (abstention from eating)
• abhakṣaṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-bhakṣaṇa
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• sarva-sukham: all happiness
• sarva-sukham: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-sukha
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• māṁsasya: of meat
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṁsa
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• manujādhipa: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: manujādhipa
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• māṁsa (meat)