Shloka 7
गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung
Devanagari script
अन्न हि परमं गावो देवानां परमं हवि: । स्वाहाकारवषट्कारीौ गोषु नित्यं प्रतिक्ठिती
Translation
ဘိဿမက ပြောသည်။ «နွားတို့သည် အကောင်းဆုံးသော အစာအဟာရ၏ အမြင့်ဆုံးအရင်းအမြစ်ဖြစ်ကြ၏။ နွားတို့သည် နတ်တို့အတွက် အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး ဟဝိ (ယဇ်ပူဇော်ပစ္စည်း) ကို ပေးကြ၏။ ‘ဆွာဟာ’ ဟူသော ယဇ်ပူဇော်သံနှင့် ‘ဝဿတ်’ ဟူသော ယဇ်သံ—ဤနှစ်ပါးသော ကర్మတို့သည် နွားတို့ပေါ်တွင် အမြဲတမ်း တည်ရှိမှီခိုနေကြ၏»။
Word by Word
अन्नम्food, grain
अन्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
परमम्supreme, highest
परमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गावःcows
गावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
परमम्supreme, best
परमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हविःoblation, sacrificial offering
हविः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वाहाकारःthe svāhā-call/act (offering with 'svāhā')
स्वाहाकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाहाकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वषट्कारःthe vaṣaṭ-call/act (offering with 'vaṣaṭ')
वषट्कारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवषट्कार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
गोषुin/among cows; with respect to cows
गोषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
प्रतिष्ठितौestablished, dependent (as two)
प्रतिष्ठितौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिष्ठित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes