Shloka 4

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

विशोकता सुखं धत्ते धत्ते चारोग्यमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

viśokatā sukhaṃ dhatte dhatte cārogyam uttamam

Translation

Bhishma berkata: “Bebas dari duka mendatangkan kebahagiaan, dan juga menganugerahkan kesehatan yang paling utama.”

Word by Word

• विशोकता: freedom from sorrow, sorrowlessness
• विशोकता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशोकता (विशोक + ता)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धत्ते: bestows, produces, brings about
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (डुधाञ् धारणपोषणयोः)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• धत्ते: bestows, produces, brings about
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (डुधाञ् धारणपोषणयोः)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

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

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma