Shloka 42

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

एवं नारीं मातरं च गौरवे चाधिके स्थिताम्‌ | अवध्यां तु विजानीयु: पशवो<प्यविचक्षणा:

Transliteration

evaṁ nārīṁ mātaraṁ ca gaurave cādhike sthitām | avadhyāṁ tu vijānīyuḥ paśavo ’py avicakṣaṇāḥ ||

Translation

Demikianlah, seorang perempuan dan seorang ibu—yang berdiri pada kedudukan penghormatan yang lebih tinggi—harus dipahami sebagai tak boleh disakiti; bahkan hewan, meski tanpa daya budi, mengenali mereka sebagai tak tersentuh.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• नारीम्: a woman
• नारीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मातरम्: a mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• गौरवे: in respect/honor, in reverence
• गौरवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अधिके: in what is higher/superior
• अधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थिताम्: standing/placed (in), situated
• स्थिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अवध्याम्: not to be slain, inviolable
• अवध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• विजानीयुः: should know/recognize
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पशवः: animals, beasts
• पशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अविचक्षणाः: undiscerning, unwise
• अविचक्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविचक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• woman (nārī)
• mother (mātṛ)