Shloka 45

Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

गवां सहस्रद: प्रेत्य नरकं न प्रपद्यते । सर्वत्र विजयं चापि लभते मनुजाधिप,जो एक सहस््र गोदान कर देता है, वह मरनेके बाद नरकमें नहीं पड़ता। नरेश्वर! उसे सर्वत्र विजय प्राप्त होती है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | gavāṁ sahasradaḥ pretya narakaṁ na prapadyate | sarvatra vijayaṁ cāpi labhate manujādhipa ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «အို လူတို့၏အရှင်၊ နွားတစ်ထောင် လှူဒါန်းသူသည် သေပြီးနောက် နရကသို့ မကျရောက်။ ထို့ပြင် အရပ်ရပ်၌ အောင်မြင်ခြင်းကိုလည်း ရရှိ၏»။

Word by Word

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्रदः: giver of a thousand (cows)
• सहस्रदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेत्य: having departed (after death)
• प्रेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + इ
• Form: Gerund (absolutive)

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्रपद्यते: falls into / reaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• manujādhipa (the king addressed)
• cows (go)