Shloka 23

Devanagari script

प्राणानामी श्वरानेतान्‌ कीर्तयन्‌ प्रयतो नर: । धर्मार्थकामैरविंपुलैर्युज्यते सह नित्यश:

Transliteration

prāṇānām īśvarān etān kīrtayan prayato naraḥ | dharmārthakāmair vipulair yujyate sa nityaśaḥ ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ဆိုသည်– «ဤသူတို့သည် သတ္တဝါအားလုံး၏ အသက်ရှူသက်တမ်းကို အုပ်စိုးသော အရှင်များ ဖြစ်ကြသည်။ စည်းကမ်းရှိ၍ စိတ်ရင်းသန့်ရှင်းစွာဖြင့် နေ့စဉ် မပြတ် သူတို့၏ အမည်ကို ချီးမွမ်းရွတ်ဆိုသူသည် ဓမ္မ (တရားတော်), အဓ္ဓ (အကျိုးစီးပွား/အရင်းအမြစ်), နှင့် ကာမ (တရားဝင်ပျော်ရွှင်မှု) တို့ကို များပြားစွာ အစဉ်အမြဲ ရရှိလာမည်»။

Word by Word

• प्राणानाम्: of the life-breaths / of living beings
• प्राणानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ईश्वरान्: lords, masters
• ईश्वरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कीर्तयन्: praising, reciting (the names/qualities)
• कीर्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (√कीर्त्/कीर्तयति)
• Form: Present, Singular, Parasmaipada, Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative

• प्रयतः: pure, disciplined, attentive
• प्रयतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मार्थकामैः: with dharma, artha and kāma (the three aims)
• धर्मार्थकामैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थकाम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विपुलैः: abundant, plentiful
• विपुलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युज्यते: is joined with / attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (युज्यते)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada (passive/medio-passive usage), Third, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• नित्यशः: always, daily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशस्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• īśvarāḥ (lords/sovereigns of prāṇas; unspecified deities referred to as 'these')
• prāṇa (life-breath)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sincere, disciplined, and regular praise (kīrtana) of the revered ‘lords’—understood as divine guardians of life—supports a person’s flourishing in the three worldly aims: dharma, artha, and kāma, when pursued within ethical bounds.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on religious duties and beneficial practices. Here he commends the daily recitation/praise of certain exalted beings previously mentioned, stating that such devotion yields steady prosperity in life’s aims.