Shloka 12

Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचु: धान्यैर्यष्टव्यमित्येव पक्षो5स्माकं नराधिप

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ: dhānyair yaṣṭavyam ity eva pakṣo ’smākaṃ narādhipa

Translation

Os sábios disseram: “Ó rei, nossa posição é firme e apenas esta: o sacrifício deve ser realizado com grãos.”

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धान्यैः: with grains
• धान्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यष्टव्यम्: should be sacrificed / one should perform sacrifice
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Gerundive (tavya), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• पक्षः: view/position
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
• narādhipa (king)