Shloka 69

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

हसितोत्क्ुष्टनिर्घोषं नानाज्ञानसुदुस्तरम्‌ । रोदनाश्रुमलक्षारं संगत्यागपरायणम्‌

Transliteration

hasitotkuṣṭanirghoṣaṃ nānā-jñāna-sudustaram | rodanāśru-malakṣāraṃ saṅga-tyāga-parāyaṇam, śatru-sūdana |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O Slayer of foes, this world-ocean resounds with deep roaring made of laughter and loud cries; it is rendered exceedingly hard to cross by manifold forms of ignorance; its briny, sullied waters are the tears born of lamentation; and the supreme refuge—its further shore—is wholehearted dedication to the abandonment of attachments.”

Word by Word

• हसित: laughter
• हसित: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हसित (कृदन्त; √हस्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्कुष्ट: loud/raised (shouting)
• उत्कुष्ट: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कुष्ट (कृदन्त; √कुष्/√कुष्ट् as 'to cry out', adjectival)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निर्घोषम्: roar, loud sound
• निर्घोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्घोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाना: various, manifold
• नाना: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• अज्ञान: ignorance
• अज्ञान: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सुदुस्तरम्: very hard to cross
• सुदुस्तरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुस्तर (सु + दुस्तर)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रोदन: weeping
• रोदन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदन (कृदन्त; √रुद्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अश्रु: tears
• अश्रु: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मल: impure, dirty
• मल: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षारम्: saline (brine), alkali
• क्षारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सङ्ग: attachment, association
• सङ्ग: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• त्याग: renunciation
• त्याग: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्याग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परायणम्: supreme refuge; devoted to
• परायणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परायण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शत्रुसूदन: O slayer of enemies
• शत्रुसूदन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śatru-sūdana (Arjuna)