Shloka 43

गोमूल्यनिर्णयः — The Determination of Value through the Cow

Nahuṣa–Cyavana Episode

Devanagari script

यथैव सदृशो रूपे मातापित्रोहि जायते । व्याप्रश्नित्रैस्तथा योनिं पुरुष: स्वां नियच्छति

Transliteration

yathaiva sadṛśo rūpe mātāpitror hi jāyate | vyāpraśnitrais tathā yoniṃ puruṣaḥ svāṃ niyacchati ||

Translation

ភីស្ម បានមានព្រះបន្ទូល៖ «ដូចសត្វដែលកើតមកមានរូបរាងស្រដៀងម្តាយឪពុករបស់វា—ដូចខ្លាដែលស្គាល់បានដោយស្បែកមានលំនាំ—មនុស្សក៏ដូចគ្នា តែងដើរតាមខ្សែពូជកំណើតរបស់ខ្លួន»

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सदृशः: similar
• सदृशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रूपे: in form/appearance
• रूपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पित्रोः: of (his) parents (father and mother)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• जायते: is born/arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• व्याप्रश्नित्रैः: by (means of) questioners/inquirers
• व्याप्रश्नित्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याप्रश्नित्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: so/in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• योनिम्: womb/birth-source
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वाम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नियच्छति: restrains/controls/keeps to
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• mother
• father
• puruṣa (a person)