Shloka 28

Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas

Kekaya Exemplum

Devanagari script

गोब्राह्मणेभ्यो यज्ञेभ्यो नित्यं स्वस्त्ययनं मम । आशासते जना राष्ट्र मामकान्तरमाविश:

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: gobrāhmaṇebhyo yajñebhyo nityaṁ svastyayanaṁ mama | āśāsate janā rāṣṭre māmaka-antaraṁ āviśaḥ; kathaṁ tvaṁ mama śarīra-madhyaṁ praviṣṭaḥ? |

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «В моём царстве люди непрестанно молят о благом благополучии для коров, для брахманов и для жертвенных обрядов. Если такие благословения постоянно призываются, то как же тебе удалось проникнуть в самую глубину моего тела?»

Word by Word

• गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to/for cows and Brahmins
• गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• यज्ञेभ्यः: to/for sacrifices
• यज्ञेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• स्वस्त्ययनम्: welfare, auspiciousness
• स्वस्त्ययनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्त्ययन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आशासते: they wish/hope for
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-शंस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom, realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मामकम्: mine, belonging to me
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तरम्: interior, inside
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आविशः: you have entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Perfect, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• cows (go)
• Brahmins (brāhmaṇāḥ)
• sacrifices (yajñāḥ)
• kingdom/realm (rāṣṭra)