Shloka 40

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

अधृष्य: सर्वभूतानामायुष्मान्‌ नीरुज: सदा । भवत्यभक्षयन्‌ मांसं दयावान्‌ प्राणिनामिह

Transliteration

adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānām āyuṣmān nīrujaḥ sadā | bhavaty abhakṣayan māṁsaṁ dayāvān prāṇinām iha ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「この世で肉を食さず、あらゆる生きものに慈悲を施す者は、侵しがたく、いかなる生類にも侮られない。その者は常に長寿で、病に悩まされぬ。」

Word by Word

• अधृष्यः: unassailable; not to be insulted/overpowered
• अधृष्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधृष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आयुष्मान्: long-lived; endowed with life
• आयुष्मान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयुष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीरुजः: free from disease; healthy
• नीरुजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• भवति: becomes/is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अभक्षयन्: not eating
• अभक्षयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दयावान्: compassionate
• दयावान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयावत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राणिनाम्: of living creatures
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इह: here; in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma