Shloka 50

Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)

Devanagari script

योगेनाथ प्रवेशो हि गुरुपत्न्या: कलेवरे

Transliteration

yogenātha praveśo hi guru-patnyāḥ kalevare |

Translation

Bhishma said: “Therefore, by the power of yoga, I must enter the body of the preceptor’s wife. As a drop of water resting on a lotus leaf remains unstained, so too will I dwell within her without attachment.”

Word by Word

• योगेन: by yoga (power/means of yoga)
• योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• प्रवेशः: entry/entering
• प्रवेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गुरुपत्न्याः: of the teacher's wife
• गुरुपत्न्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कलेवरे: in the body
• कलेवरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• guru-patnī (the preceptor’s wife)