Shloka 15

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

तथा रोगाभि भूतस्य नित्यं कृच्छूगतस्य च । नास्ति भार्यासमं किंचिन्नरस्यार्तस्य भेषजम्‌

Transliteration

tathā rogābhibhūtasya nityaṃ kṛcchrūgatasya ca | nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ kiñcin narasyārtasya bheṣajam ||

Translation

ભીષ્મે કહ્યું— રોગથી અભિભૂત અને નિત્ય કઠિન દુર્દશામાં પડેલા પુરુષ માટે, દુઃખિત મનુષ્યને પત્ની સમાન બીજું કોઈ ઔષધ નથી.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• रोगाभिभूतस्य: of one overcome by disease
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोगाभिभूत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्यम्: always; constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• कृच्छ्रगतस्य: of one who has fallen into hardship/distress
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृच्छ्रगत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: there is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• भार्यासमम्: equal to a wife; like a wife
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भार्या-सम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• किंचित्: anything; something (here: anything at all)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किंचित्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नरस्य: of a man
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आर्तस्य: of the afflicted/suffering one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भेषजम्: medicine; remedy
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• wife (bhāryā)
• disease (roga)
• remedy/medicine (bheṣaja)