Shloka 9
गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung
Devanagari script
सायं प्रातश्न सततं होमकाले महाद्युते । गावो ददति वै हौम्यमृषिभ्य: पुरुषर्षभ,“महातेजस्वी पुरुषप्रवर! प्रातः:काल और सायंकाल सदा होमके समय ऋषियोंको गौएँ ही हवनीय पदार्थ (घृत आदि) देती हैं
Transliteration
sāyaṃ prātaś ca satataṃ homakāle mahādyute | gāvo dadati vai haumyam ṛṣibhyaḥ puruṣarṣabha ||
Translation
ភីष្មបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «ឱ អ្នកមានពន្លឺដ៏មហិមា ឱ វីរបុរសដូចគោឧសភ! នៅពេលបូជាព្រឹក និងល្ងាច—មែនទាំងពេលសមរម្យនៃពិធីហោមជានិច្ច—គោទាំងឡាយផ្ទាល់តែងផ្តល់វត្ថុបូជា (ដូចជា ឃី និងអ្វីៗដទៃ) ដល់ព្រះឥសី»។
Word by Word
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम्
Formindeclinable (time-adverb)
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः
Formindeclinable (time-adverb)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Formindeclinable (conjunction)
सततम्always, continually
सततम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत
Formindeclinable (adverbial accusative)
होमकालेat the time of the oblation (homa)
होमकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहोमकाल
Formmasculine, locative singular
महाद्युतेO great-lustrous one
महाद्युते:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाद्युति
Formmasculine, vocative singular
गावःcows
गावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगो
Formfeminine, nominative plural
ददतिgive
ददति:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
Formpresent tense (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person plural
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
Formindeclinable (emphatic particle)
हौम्यम्fit for offering in homa; oblation-material
हौम्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहौम्य
Formneuter, accusative singular
ऋषिभ्यःto the sages
ऋषिभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
Formmasculine, dative plural
पुरुषर्षभO bull among men
पुरुषर्षभ:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषर्षभ
Formmasculine, vocative singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaṚ
ṛṣis (sages)G
gāvaḥ (cows)H
homa (fire-offering)H
haumya (oblation material, e.g., ghee)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes