Shloka 40

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मवध्यामिमामद्य भवत: शासनाद्‌ वयम्‌ | ग्रहीष्यामस्त्रिलोकेश मोक्ष॑ चिन्तयतां भवान्‌

Transliteration

brahmavadhyām imām adya bhavataḥ śāsanād vayam | grahīṣyāmas trilokeśa mokṣaṁ cintayatāṁ bhavān ||

Translation

ഹേ ത്രിലോകേശാ, ഇന്ന് നിങ്ങളുടെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം ഞങ്ങൾ ഈ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യയെ ഏറ്റെടുക്കും; മോക്ഷത്തെ ചിന്തിക്കുന്ന നിങ്ങൾ ഞങ്ങളുടെ വിമോചനോപായവും ആലോചിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मवध्याम्: the Brahmin-slaying (weapon/act)
• ब्रह्मवध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मवध्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• भवतः: of you (honorific)
• भवतः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शासनात्: from (your) command / by (your) order
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• ग्रहीष्यामः: we shall take / accept
• ग्रहीष्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• त्रिलोकेश: O lord of the three worlds
• त्रिलोकेश: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिलोकेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मोक्षम्: release / liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चिन्तयताम्: let (them) consider / think
• चिन्तयताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तय्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Trilokeśa (epithet: Lord of the three worlds)