Shloka 18

Satya–Anṛta Viveka (Discrimination between Truth and Falsehood) | सत्य–अनृत विवेकः

Devanagari script

स्वशरीरोपरोधेन धनमादातुमिच्छत: । सत्यसम्प्रतिपत्त्यर्थ यद्‌ ब्रूयु: साक्षिण: क्वचित्‌

Transliteration

svaśarīroparodhenā dhanam ādātum icchataḥ | satyasampratipattyarthaṃ yad brūyuḥ sākṣiṇaḥ kvacit ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: Quando alguém busca tomar a riqueza de outrem, impedindo-o com o próprio corpo, então—apenas para estabelecer a verdade—as testemunhas podem, nesse caso, declarar o que deve ser declarado.

Word by Word

• स्व: by/with one's own
• स्व: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शरीर: body
• शरीर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• उपरोधेन: by obstruction/constraint
• उपरोधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपरोध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदातुम्: to take/appropriate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इच्छतः: of one who desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सत्य: of truth
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सम्प्रतिपत्ति: for ascertainment/establishment
• सम्प्रतिपत्ति: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्प्रतिपत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• अर्थम्: purpose
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूयुः: they might say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• साक्षिणः: witnesses
• साक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्वचित्: somewhere/at some time
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• sākṣiṇaḥ (witnesses)
• dhanam (wealth/property)