Shloka 29

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

अकल्कको हातर्कश्न ब्राह्मणो भरतर्षभ । संसर्गे भैक्ष्यवृत्तिश्न स राजन्‌ केतनक्षम:

Translation

Bhishma disse: Ó melhor dos Bharatas, o brâmane sem ostentação, que não se entrega a debates vãos, apto ao convívio e que sustenta a vida pedindo esmolas de casa em casa, é digno de receber convite.

Word by Word

• अकल्ककः: free from blemish/guile
• अकल्ककः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकल्कक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतर्कश्च: not given to (vain) disputation
• अतर्कश्च: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतर्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संसर्गे: in association/interaction
• संसर्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भैक्ष्यवृत्तिः: one whose livelihood is by alms (begging)
• भैक्ष्यवृत्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैक्ष्यवृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• केतनक्षमः: fit/eligible for invitation (to a house)
• केतनक्षमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतनक्षम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच