Shloka 11

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

अत ऊर्ध्व विसर्गस्य परीक्षां ब्राह्मणे शूणु

Transliteration

ata ūrdhvaṁ visaragasya parīkṣāṁ brāhmaṇe śṛṇu | adya dāna-bhojanārthaṁ brāhmaṇasya parīkṣāyāṁ yā kathā ucyate tāṁ śṛṇu | rājan, ye brāhmaṇāḥ patitā jaḍā unmattā vā bhavanti te deva-kārye pitṛ-kārye vā nimantraṇa-yogyā na bhavanti |

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले—आता पुढे दान व भोजनासाठी ब्राह्मणाची परीक्षा कशी करावी ते ऐक. राजन्! जे ब्राह्मण आचारभ्रष्ट (पतित) झाले आहेत, जे जडबुद्धी आहेत किंवा उन्मत्त झाले आहेत—ते देवकार्य वा पितृकार्य यांसाठी निमंत्रणास योग्य नाहीत.

Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas

• ūrdhva: upwards; above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrdhva
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular (used adverbially)

• visargasya: of the discharge/evacuation (visarga)
• Type: Noun
• Root: visarga
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• parīkṣām: examination/testing
• parīkṣām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: parīkṣā
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• brāhmaṇe: in/with regard to a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• śṛṇu: hear/listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• patitaḥ: fallen/degraded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patita
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past passive participle of √pat)

• jaḍaḥ: dull/stupid
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaḍa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vā: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā

• unmattaḥ: mad/insane
• Type: Adjective
• Root: unmatta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vā: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā

• jātaḥ: become/turned into
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past passive participle of √jan)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• yogyaḥ: fit/eligible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yogya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• nimantraṇāya: for invitation
• nimantraṇāya: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimantraṇa
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• deva-kārye: in a rite for the gods
• deva-kārye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-kārya
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• pitṛ-kārye: in a rite for the ancestors
• pitṛ-kārye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ-kārya
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (Yudhishthira implied)
• Brahmin(s)
• Devas (gods)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)