Shloka 2
अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving
Devanagari script
भीष्म उवाच शृणु राजन् यथा गीतं स्वयमेव स्वयम्भुवा । यत् कृत्वा निर्वतों भूयात् पुरुषो नाज संशय:,भीष्मजीने कहा--राजन्! स्वयम्भू भगवान् विष्णुने इस विषयमें जैसा कहा है, उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो। उसका अनुष्ठान करके पुरुष परम सुखी हो जाता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है
Translation
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— രാജാവേ! സ്വയംഭൂ ഭഗവാൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെയാണ് ഞാൻ പറയുന്നത്; കേൾക്കുക. അത് അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചാൽ പുരുഷൻ പരമസുഖം പ്രാപിക്കും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।
Word by Word
भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यथाas / in the manner that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
गीतम्sung / spoken (teaching)
गीतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगीत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
स्वयम्by oneself
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
स्वयम्भुवाby the Self-existent (creator)
स्वयम्भुवा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वयम्भू
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
यत्which (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Active
निर्वृतःcontent / blissful
निर्वृतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्वृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूयात्would become / may become
भूयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुरुषःa man / person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अजO Aj(a) (epithet; here used as address)
अज:
TypeNoun
Rootअज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes