Shloka 21

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

सर्वधर्मविशेषज्ञ: पुण्यकीर्तिमहायशा: । मारीच: कश्यपस्तात सर्वासामभवत्‌ पति:,तात! सम्पूर्ण धर्मोंके विशेषज्ञ, पुण्यकीर्ति, महायशस्वी मरीचिनन्दन कश्यप उन सब कन्याओंके पति हुए

Transliteration

sarvadharmaviśeṣajñaḥ puṇyakīrtimahāyaśāḥ | mārīcaḥ kaśyapas tāta sarvāsām abhavat patiḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Кашьяпа — сын Маричи — прославленный знанием всех различий дхармы, с чистой святой славой и великим величием, стал супругом всех тех дев.

Word by Word

• सर्वधर्मविशेषज्ञः: knower of the distinctions of all dharmas
• सर्वधर्मविशेषज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधर्मविशेषज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्यकीर्तिः: of holy/meritorious fame
• पुण्यकीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यकीर्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महायशाः: greatly renowned
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मारीचः: Marīci
• मारीचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारीच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one / son (vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वासाम्: of all (of them)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अभवत्: became / was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• पतिः: husband / lord
• पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one (vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kaśyapa
• Marīci
• the maidens (kanyāḥ)