Shloka 112

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

इत्येवं विंशकश्नैव गुणा: सप्त च ये स्मृता: । विधि: शुक्र बल॑ चेति त्रय एते गुणा: परे

Transliteration

ity evaṁ viṁśakaś caiva guṇāḥ sapta ca ye smṛtāḥ | vidhiḥ śukra-balaṁ ceti traya ete guṇāḥ pare ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഇങ്ങനെ സ്മൃതിയിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഇരുപത് ഗുണങ്ങളും ഏഴ് ഗുണങ്ങളും പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ഇവയ്ക്കപ്പുറം മൂന്ന് ഉന്നത തത്ത്വങ്ങളുണ്ട്—വിധി, ശുക്രം, ബലം.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विंशकाः: twenties; a set of twenty
• विंशकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: and (enclitic/particle); also (often used as connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गुणाः: qualities; attributes
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ये: which; those who/that
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्मृताः: are remembered; are said/traditionally stated
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (स्मृत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (past participle)

• विधिः: rule; ordinance; method
• विधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुक्रः: Śukra; (also) semen/brightness (context-dependent)
• शुक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: strength; power
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुणाः: qualities; attributes
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परे: higher; superior; further
• परे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma