Shloka 48

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

सवृक्षौषधिरत्नेयं सहसत्त्ववनाकरा

Transliteration

savṛkṣauṣadhiratneyāṃ sahasattvavanākarā

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಈ ಭೂಮಿ ವೃಕ್ಷಗಳು, ಔಷಧಿಗಳು, ರತ್ನಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮೃದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ; ಅನೇಕ ಜೀವಿಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದೆ; ಅರಣ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಗಣಿಗಳಿಂದ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• सवृक्षौषधिरत्ना: having trees, herbs, and jewels
• सवृक्षौषधिरत्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सवृक्ष-औषधि-रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this (she/this one)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सहसत्त्ववनाकरा: having (many) beings and forests as mines/abodes; rich in creatures and forests
• सहसत्त्ववनाकरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह-सत्त्व-वन-आकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Earth (Pṛthivī/Bhūmi)
• Trees
• Medicinal herbs
• Gems
• Living beings
• Forests
• Mines