Shloka 21

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

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मण्यदेवभक्तस्त्वं सुरासुरगुरुहरि:

Transliteration

brahmaṇyadeva-bhaktas tvaṃ surāsura-guru-hariḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: Tu és devoto da ordem bramânica e dos deuses; tu és Hari, venerado como mestre tanto dos deuses quanto dos asuras.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मण्यदेवभक्तः: a devotee of Brahman and of the gods
• ब्रह्मण्यदेवभक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मण्य + देव + भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• सुरासुरगुरुः: the teacher of gods and demons
• सुरासुरगुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर + गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Devas (Suras)
• Asuras