Shloka 22

Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti

Devanagari script

मृत्युमावार्य तपसा शरसंस्तरशायिन: । निसर्गप्रभवं किंचिन्न च तातानुशुश्रुम

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mṛtyum āvārya tapasā śarasaṃstaraśāyinaḥ |

nisargaprabhavaṃ kiñcin na ca tāta anuśuśruma ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「愛しき者よ、矢の床に横たわりながら、苦行の力によって死—身体に自然に生ずる死—を押しとどめた者がいるとは、我らは未だ聞いたことがない。その業はただサーンタヌの子ビーシュマの場合にのみ知られている。」

Word by Word

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आवार्य: having restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√वृ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having restrained/warded off

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शर-संस्तर-शायिनः: of (him) lying on a bed of arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरसंस्तरशायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निसर्ग-प्रभवम्: arising from nature (innate)
• निसर्ग-प्रभवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निसर्गप्रभव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: anything; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• तात: O dear one / O father
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुशुश्रुम: I have heard (traditionally)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√श्रु
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• arrow-bed (śara-saṃstara)
• death (mṛtyu)