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Shloka 8

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्‌ । यथा सेनजित विप्र: कश्रिदेत्याब्रवीत्‌ सुहत्‌ू,इस विषयमें किसी हितैषी ब्राह्मणने राजा सेनजितके पास आकर उन्हें जैसा उपदेश दिया था, उसी प्राचीन इतिहासको विज्ञ पुरुष दृष्टान्तके रूपमें प्रस्तुत किया करते हैं

atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṁ purātanam | yathā senajit vipraḥ kaścid etyābravīt suhṛt ||

ഇവിടെയും ജ്ഞാനികൾ ഒരു പുരാതന ഇതിഹാസം ഉദാഹരണമായി ഉദ്ധരിക്കുന്നു—സുഹൃത്തുപോലെ ഹിതൈഷിയായ ഒരു ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ഒരിക്കൽ രാജാവ് സേനജിതന്റെ അടുക്കൽ വന്ന് ഈ വിഷയത്തിൽ ഉപദേശം നൽകിയതുപോലെ.

अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
उदाहरन्तिthey cite / they adduce
उदाहरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-आ-हृ
FormLat (present), 3, plural, Parasmaipada
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
इतिहासम्ancient tale / history
इतिहासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
पुरातनम्ancient, old
पुरातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरातन
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
सेनजितम्Senajit (the king)
सेनजितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootसेनजित्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
विप्रःa brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कश्चित्some (one)
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकश्चित्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
एत्यhaving come
एत्य:
TypeVerb
Root
FormLyap (absolutive/gerund), active, true
अब्रवीत्said / spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormLan (imperfect), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
सुहृत्a well-wisher / friend
सुहृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
Senajit
A
a Brahmin (vipra)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma signals that ethical instruction is best grounded in precedent: an ancient itihasa is introduced to clarify the dharmic point through a concrete example of a well-wisher advising a king.

Bhishma begins an illustrative story, saying that learned people recount an old historical episode in which a Brahmin, acting as a friend and benefactor, approaches King Senajit and offers guidance on the issue under discussion.