Shloka 91

Devanagari script

एको नैक: सव: कः कि यत्‌ तत्‌ पदमनुत्तमम्‌ | लोकबन्धुलोंकनाथो माधवो भक्तवत्सल:

Transliteration

eko naikaḥ savaḥ kaḥ kim yat tat padam anuttamam | lokabandhur lokanātho mādhavo bhaktavatsalaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Ia Esa—tanpa perpecahan batin—namun juga banyak melalui turunnya Ia dalam berbagai avatāra. Ia adalah wujud yajña, perwujudan kebahagiaan, dan Brahman yang patut direnungkan; berdiri oleh diri-Nya sendiri dan sumber segala peluasan. Dialah Kediaman Tertinggi yang tiada banding, yang dicapai para pencari pembebasan. Dialah sahabat dunia-dunia, Tuhan dunia-dunia tempat semua memohon—Mādhava—yang penuh kasih kepada para bhakta.”

Word by Word

• ekaḥ: one, unique
• ekaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ekaḥ: one (alone)
• ekaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• saḥ: he, that (one)
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kaḥ: who? which? (the one called 'Ka')
• kaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kim: what? (the one called 'Kim')
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• yat: which, that which (the one called 'Yat')
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• tat: that (the one called 'Tat')
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• padam: state, abode, position; word/foot
• padam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• anuttamam: unsurpassed, supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• loka-bandhuḥ: friend/benefactor of the world
• loka-bandhuḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka-bandhu
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• loka-nāthaḥ: lord of the world
• loka-nāthaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka-nātha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• mādhavaḥ: Mādhava (Vishnu/Krishna)
• mādhavaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• bhakta-vatsalaḥ: affectionate to devotees
• bhakta-vatsalaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta-vatsala
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mādhava (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• Brahman
• parama-pada (supreme abode)