Shloka 121

Devanagari script

भरतानां च ये पूर्वे ते चैनं प्रशशंसिरे । महोपनिषदं चैव योगमास्थाय वीर्यवान्‌,भरतवंशके पूर्वजोंने भी भीष्मजीकी बड़ी बड़ाई की। परम पराक्रमी एवं बुद्धिमान्‌ शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्म महान्‌ उपनिषदोंके सारभूत योगका आश्रय ले प्रणवका जप करते हुए उत्तरायणकालकी प्रतीक्षामें बाणशय्यापर सोये रहे

Transliteration

bharatānāṁ ca ye pūrve te cainaṁ praśaśaṁsire | mahopaniṣadaṁ caiva yogam āsthāya vīryavān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The earlier ancestors of the Bharata line also praised him. That mighty hero, having taken refuge in the Yoga that is the essence of the great Upaniṣads, remained steadfast in inner discipline—worthy of veneration for the spiritual resolve that crowns a life of duty even amid the devastation of war.

Word by Word

भरतानाम्of the Bharatas

चand

येwho

पूर्वेformer, earlier (ones)

तेthey

चand

एनम्him

प्रशशंसिरेpraised

महोपनिषदम्the great Upaniṣad (i.e., supreme secret doctrine)

चand

एवindeed, just

योगम्yoga, discipline

आस्थायhaving resorted to, having undertaken

वीर्यवान्possessed of valor

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

Bharata lineage (Bharatāḥ)

Upaniṣads

Yoga

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes