Shloka 15

Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्‌ भवच्छासनमाशु यातो हाहं विशालां रुचिरप्रभावाम्‌ | वैवस्वतीं प्राप्प सभामपश्यं सहस्रशो योजनहेमभासम्‌

Transliteration

kurvan bhavacchāsanam āśu yāto hāhaṃ viśālāṃ rucira-prabhāvām | vaivasvatīṃ prāpya sabhām apaśyaṃ sahasraśo yojana-hema-bhāsam ||

Translation

Bhishma berkata, “Mematuhi titahmu, aku segera berangkat. Setelah mencapai kota Yama yang luas—indah oleh cahaya dan wibawanya—aku menyaksikan balairung Vaivasvata, berkilau laksana emas, dengan sinar yang menjalar hingga ribuan yojana.”

Word by Word

• कुर्वन्: doing, performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: present (vartamāna), singular, masculine, nominative

• भवत्-शासनम्: your command
• भवत्-शासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• यातः: gone, departed
• यातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: past (kta), singular, masculine, nominative

• हा: alas!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: nominative, singular

• विशालाम्: vast
• विशालाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• रुचिर-प्रभावाम्: of lovely splendor/power
• रुचिर-प्रभावाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• वैवस्वतीम्: Vaivasvatī (Yama’s city/realm)
• वैवस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: absolutive (ktvā/lyap)

• सभाम्: assembly hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अपश्यम्: I saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 1st, singular

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• योजन-हेम-भासम्: having radiance like gold for (many) yojanas
• योजन-हेम-भासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vaivasvata (Yama)
• Vaivasvatī (Yama’s city/realm)
• Sabhā (assembly hall/court)