Shloka 2

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच ब्राह्मणानां परिभव सादयेदपि देवता: । ब्राह्मणांस्तु नमस्कृत्य युधिष्ठिर न रिष्यते

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | brāhmaṇānāṁ paribhavaḥ sādayed api devatāḥ | brāhmaṇāṁs tu namaskṛtya yudhiṣṭhira na riṣyate |

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರ! ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ಅವಮಾನವು ದೇವತೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ದುಃಖ ಮತ್ತು ಪತನಕ್ಕೆ ತಳ್ಳಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿ ವಿನಯ-ಗೌರವದಿಂದ ವರ್ತಿಸುವವನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಹಾನಿಗೊಳಗಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• परिभवः: insult, contempt
• परिभवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिभव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सादयेत्: may distress / may bring down
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ
• Form: Absolutive (त्वा/ल्यप्), Active

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• रिष्यते: is harmed / perishes
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira
• Brahmins (Brāhmaṇas)
• Devas (Devatāḥ)