Shloka 26

आपद्धर्मे वैश्यवृत्तिः, विक्रय-निषेधाः, तथा ब्रह्म-क्षत्र-सम्बन्धः

Emergency Livelihood, Prohibited Trade, and Brahman–Kshatra Regulation

Devanagari script

ये तत्र युद्ध कुर्वन्ति त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मन: । ब्राह्मणान्‌ परिरक्षन्तो धर्ममात्मानमेव च

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | ye tatra yuddha kurvanti tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ | brāhmaṇān parirakṣanto dharmam ātmānam eva ca ||

Translation

ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਜੋ ਲੋਕ ਆਪਣੀ ਜਾਨ ਦੀ ਪਰਵਾਹ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਯੁੱਧ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦੇ, ਧਰਮ ਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਵੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦੇ—

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• युद्धम्: battle, fighting
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्ति: do, perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परिरक्षन्तः: protecting
• परिरक्षन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-रक्ष्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: oneself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmins (Brāhmaṇāḥ)
• Dharma