Shloka 14
Brāhmaṇa-vandana: Criteria for Veneration, Disciplined Speech, and Protective Kingship (अनुशासनपर्व, अध्याय ८)
Devanagari script
यथा मम प्रियतमास्त्वत्तो विप्रा: कुरूत्तम | तेन सत्येन गच्छेयं लोकान् यत्र स शान्तनुः
Transliteration
yathā mama priyatamās tvatto viprāḥ kurūttama | tena satyena gaccheyaṁ lokān yatra sa śāntanuḥ kuruśreṣṭha |
Translation
Bhīṣma dit : « Ô le meilleur des Kuru, les brāhmanes me sont plus chers encore que toi. Par la puissance de cette vérité, ô le premier des Kuru, puissé-je atteindre ces mondes bienheureux où mon père Śāntanu est allé. »
Word by Word
यथाjust as / in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
ममof me / my
मम:
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
प्रियतमाःmost dear
प्रियतमाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रियतम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्वत्तःthan you / from you
त्वत्तः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद्
FormAblative, Singular
विप्राःbrahmins
विप्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कुरूत्तमO best of the Kurus
कुरूत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु-उत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तेनby that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
सत्येनby (this) truth
सत्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
गच्छेयम्may I go
गच्छेयम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
लोकान्worlds / realms
लोकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
सःhe / that (person)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शान्तनुःShantanu
शान्तनुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशान्तनु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुरुश्रेष्ठO best of the Kurus
कुरुश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaK
Kurūttama (addressed Kuru prince, typically Yudhiṣṭhira)V
Viprāḥ (Brāhmaṇas)Ś
ŚāntanuL
Lokāḥ (pious/heavenly worlds)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes