Shloka 82

Devanagari script

एषा ते कथिता राजन्‌ सावित्री ब्रह्म शाश्वती | विवक्षुरसि यच्चान्यत्‌ तत्‌ ते वक्ष्यामि भारत

Transliteration

eṣā te kathitā rājan sāvitrī brahma śāśvatī | vivakṣur asi yac cānyat tat te vakṣyāmi bhārata ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ကြားသည်။ «အို မင်းကြီး၊ ဗြဟ္မန်၏ သဘောသဘာဝဖြစ်သော အနန္တ စာဝိတြီ—ဂါယတြီ—ကို ငါသည် သင်အား ဤသို့ ရှင်းပြပြီးပြီ။ အို ဘာရတဝంశသား၊ သင် မေးလိုသည့် အခြားအရာရှိသေးလျှင်လည်း ငါ သင့်အား ပြောပြမည်»။

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she/this one)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• कथिता: told/related
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī (the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī mantra)
• सावित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शाश्वती: eternal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विवक्षुः: wishing to say/ask
• विवक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: उ (desiderative/intentional agent noun: 'wishing to speak'), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अन्यत्: other (anything else)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Lृट), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Rājan/Bhārata)
• Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī)
• Brahman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the timeless sanctity of Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī by identifying it with Brahman, and it models the ethic of instruction: a teacher completes one topic and invites further sincere inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma concludes his account of the greatness of Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī to King Yudhiṣṭhira and offers to answer any further questions.