Shloka 17

Bhaṅgāśvanopākhyāna — On comparative affection in strī–puruṣa union (भङ्गाश्वनोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

पुत्रा दाराश्न भृत्याश्न पौरजानपदाश्न ते

Transliteration

putrā dārāś ca bhṛtyāś ca paurajānapadāś ca te

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Твои сыновья, твои жёны, твои слуги, а также люди твоего города и твоей страны—всё это в сфере твоей ответственности».

Word by Word

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दाराः: wives
• दाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भृत्याः: servants
• भृत्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पौराः: townsmen/citizens
• पौराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जानपदाः: countrymen/people of the countryside
• जानपदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: they/those (your)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• sons
• wives
• servants
• citizens (townspeople)
• subjects (provincial inhabitants)