Shloka 48

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

Devanagari script

नारदो5प्यथ कृष्णस्य परं मेने नराधिप । शाश्वतत्वं महाबाहो यथावद्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

nārado 'py atha kṛṣṇasya paraṃ mene narādhipa | śāśvatatvaṃ mahābāho yathāvad bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai raja, bahkan Nārada pun menganggap Kṛṣṇa sebagai Yang Tertinggi. Wahai yang berlengan perkasa, wahai banteng di antara keturunan Bharata, beliau memahami sifat kekal Kṛṣṇa dengan tepat dan sempurna.”

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• परम्: supremacy/superiority (as the highest)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मेने: considered/thought
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada (usage with middle-sense verb)

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शाश्वतत्वम्: eternity/everlastingness
• शाश्वतत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाश्वतत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly/as it should be
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharata lineage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārada
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (narādhipa)
• Bharata lineage (bharatarṣabha)