Shloka 56

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

शार्टूलेष्वथ धर्मज्ञ श्रमो ज्वर इहोच्यते । मानुषेषु तु धर्मज्ञ ज्वरो नामैष भारत

Transliteration

śārṭūleṣv atha dharmajña śramo jvara iha ucyate | mānuṣeṣu tu dharmajña jvaro nāmaiṣa bhārata ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Ó conhecedor do dharma, entre os tigres o que aqui se chama ‘febre’ é, na verdade, ‘fadiga’. Mas entre os seres humanos, ó conhecedor do dharma, esta mesma aflição é de fato conhecida pelo nome de ‘febre’, ó Bhārata.”

Word by Word

• शार्टूलेषु: among tigers
• शार्टूलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्टूल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अथ: now/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रमः: fatigue/exertion
• श्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्वरः: fever
• ज्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here/in this context
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• उच्यते: is called/is said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• मानुषेषु: among humans
• मानुषेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तु: but/however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ज्वरः: fever
• ज्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bharata (Yudhishthira)
• tigers
• humans