Shloka 5

ततश्रिन्तामनुप्राप्त: कतमद्दैवतं तु तत्‌ यन्ये द्रुतं प्रसीदेत मानुषैरजडीकृतम्‌,तब वह इस चिन्तामें पड़ा कि वह कौन-सा देवता है, जो मुझपर शीघ्र प्रसन्न हो जाय और मनुष्योंने आराधना करके जिसे जड न बना दिया हो

tataś cintām anuprāptaḥ katamad daivataṃ tu tat | yan me drutaṃ prasīdet mānuṣair ajadīkṛtam ||

ભીષ્મે કહ્યું—પછી તે ચિંતામાં પડ્યો: ‘એવો કયો દેવ છે જે મારી ઉપર ઝડપથી પ્રસન્ન થાય, અને જેને મનુષ્યોએ પોતાની ઉપાસનાની રીતોથી જડ-યાંત્રિક બનાવી ન નાખ્યો હોય?’

ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
चिन्ताम्thought, anxiety
चिन्ताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्ता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अनुप्राप्तःhaving reached/entered (into)
अनुप्राप्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-प्राप्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
कतमःwhich (one)?, what kind of?
कतमः:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootकतम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दैवतम्deity, divine being
दैवतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदैवत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यत्which/that (relative)
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मयिon me/in me
मयि:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormLocative, Singular
द्रुतम्quickly
द्रुतम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्रुतम्
प्रसीदेतmay become pleased
प्रसीदेत:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-सीद्
FormVidhi-ling (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मानुषैःby humans
मानुषैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
जडीकृतम्made inert/insensible (as if dulled)
जडीकृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootजडी-√कृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights discernment in devotion: one should seek the living divine reality that responds to sincere inner surrender, not a deity-concept turned into a rigid, mechanical object through merely external, habitual worship.

Bhishma describes entering a state of contemplation, trying to identify which deity would swiftly grant grace—specifically, a deity not reduced by human practice into an inert, formulaic focus of worship.