Shloka 77

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच अपज्यं क्रियतां चापं साध्वस्त्रं प्रतिपादय । भुड्क्ष्य भोगान्‌ भृशं प्रीत: पूज्यमान: कुरुक्षये,भीष्मजी बोले--विप्रवर! अब आप अपने धनुषकी डोरी उतार दीजिये और यहाँ रहकर राजकुमारोंको धरनुर्वेद एवं अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंकी अच्छी शिक्षा दीजिये। कौरवोंके घरमें सदा सम्मानित रहकर अत्यन्त प्रसन्नताके साथ मनोवांछित भोगोंका उपभोग कीजिये

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | apajyaṁ kriyatāṁ cāpaṁ sādhv astraṁ pratipādaya | bhokṣyase bhogān bhṛśaṁ prītaḥ pūjyamānaḥ kuru-kṣaye ||

Translation

ビ―シュマは言った。「すぐれたバラモンよ、弓の弦を外し、弓を脇に置け。ここに留まり、武器の学と、精妙なる飛び道具の用い方を正しく授けよ。クル家にて敬われ、汝は大いなる満ち足りた心で、望むままの享楽を味わうであろう。」

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• अपज्यम्: with the bowstring removed / unstrung
• अपज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्रियताम्: let it be made / let it be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 3, Singular, Passive

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• साधु: well; properly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• अस्त्रम्: weapon; missile-weapon
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिपादय: teach; impart; instruct
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√पद्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भुङ्क्ष्य: you will enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Future, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भोगान्: enjoyments; pleasures
• भोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भृशम्: greatly; exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• प्रीतः: pleased; delighted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूज्यमानः: being honored; being worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्यमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुक्षये: in the Kuru domain/house; at Kurukshetra (context-dependent)
• कुरुक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a brahmin (addressed as vipravara)
• bow (cāpa)
• weapons/missiles (astra)
• Kuru household/realm (kuru-kṣaya)