Shloka 86

Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

एवं लोकानुरोधेन शास्त्रमेतन्महर्षिभि: । संक्षिप्तमायुर्विज्ञाय मर्त्यानां ह्ासमेव च,इस प्रकार मनुष्योंकी आयुका हास होता जानकर जगतके हितके लिये महर्षियोंने इस शास्त्रका संक्षेप किया है

Transliteration

evaṁ lokānurodhena śāstram etan maharṣibhiḥ | saṁkṣiptam āyur vijñāya martyānāṁ hrāsam eva ca ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: “Assim, em deferência às necessidades do mundo, os grandes sábios, reconhecendo a brevidade da vida humana e o seu contínuo declínio, condensaram este tratado para o bem-estar da humanidade.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus

लोकानुरोधेनby/with regard to conformity to the world (public welfare/consideration)

शास्त्रम्treatise, scripture

एतत्this

महर्षिभिःby the great sages

संक्षिप्तम्abridged, made concise

आयुःlifespan

विज्ञायhaving known/understood

मर्त्यानाम्of mortals (human beings)

हासम्decline, diminution

एवindeed, certainly

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Maharshis (great seers)

Mortals (humankind)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes