Shloka 140
मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity
Devanagari script
एष ते भरतश्रेष्ठ यज्ञानां विधिरुत्तम:
Translation
Bhīṣma bersabda: “Wahai yang terbaik dalam keturunan Bharata, inilah tata cara yajña yang paling utama, yang telah aku jelaskan kepadamu satu demi satu dengan terperinci. Di dalamnya turut diterangkan buah pahala puasa. Wahai putera Kuntī, bahkan orang miskin pun, dengan melaksanakan nazar-nazar puasa ini, telah memperoleh hasil yajña.”
Word by Word
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यज्ञानाम्of sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
विधिःrule / procedure
विधिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उत्तमःexcellent / best
उत्तमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes