Shloka 3

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

कस्यचिद्‌ ब्राह्मणस्यासीद्‌ दुः:खलब्ध:सुतो मृत: । बाल एव विशालाक्षो बालग्रहनिपीडित:,किसी ब्राह्मणको बड़े कष्टसे एक पुत्र प्राप्त हुआ था। वह बड़े-बड़े नेत्रोंवाला सुन्दर बालक बाल-ग्रहसे पीड़ित हो बाल्यावस्थामें ही चल बसा

Transliteration

kasyacid brāhmaṇasyāsīd duḥkhalabdhaḥ suto mṛtaḥ | bāla eva viśālākṣo bālagrahanipīḍitaḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଜଣେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କୁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ କଷ୍ଟରେ ଏକ ପୁତ୍ର ଲଭିଥିଲା; କିନ୍ତୁ ବିଶାଳ ନୟନବାନ ସେ ଶିଶୁ ବାଲଗ୍ରହ ପୀଡାରେ ଶୈଶବରେ ହିଁ ମୃତ୍ୟୁବରଣ କଲା।

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आसीत्: there was / existed
• आसीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुःख-लब्ध-सुतः: a son obtained with difficulty/suffering
• दुःख-लब्ध-सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बालः: a child
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विशाल-अक्षः: having large eyes
• विशाल-अक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाल-ग्रह-निपीडितः: afflicted/tormented by a child-seizing spirit (bālagraha)
• बाल-ग्रह-निपीडितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपीडित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a brāhmaṇa
• the brāhmaṇa's son
• bālagraha (child-seizing affliction/spirit)