Shloka 20

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

तस्य पूर्वमजायन्त दश तिस्रश्न भारत | प्रजापतेर्दुहितरस्तासां ज्येष्ठा भवद्‌ दिति:,भरतनन्दन! प्रजापति दक्षके पहले तेरह कन्याएँ उत्पन्न हुईं, जिनमें दिति सबसे बड़ी थी

Transliteration

tasya pūrvam ajāyanta daśa tisraś ca bhārata | prajāpater duhitaraḥ tāsāṁ jyeṣṭhā bhavad ditiḥ bharatanandana ||

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले: हे भरत! पूर्वी प्रजापती दक्षाच्या तेरा कन्या उत्पन्न झाल्या; त्यांत दिति ही ज्येष्ठ होती, भरतनंदना।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him (of Prajapati Daksha)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• अजायन्त: were born
• अजायन्त: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• दश: ten
• दश: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajapati
• प्रजापतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुहितरः: daughters
• दुहितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• ज्येष्ठा: the eldest
• ज्येष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• अभवत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिति: Diti
• दिति: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: दिति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Prajāpati
• Dakṣa
• Diti