Shloka 105

उपवासविधि-प्रश्नः

Inquiry into the Discipline of Fasting

Devanagari script

भरतश्रेष्ठ! बड़ी बहिन भी माताके समान है। इसी तरह बड़े भाईकी पत्नी तथा बचपनमें जिसका दूध पिया गया हो, वह धाय भी माताके समान है ।।

Transliteration

bharataśreṣṭha! bṛhatī bhaginī api mātṛ-samānā. tathā bṛhataḥ bhrātuḥ patnī tathā ca bālye yasyāḥ stanyaṃ pītaṃ sā dhātrī api mātṛ-samānā.

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—भरतश्रेष्ठ! ज्येष्ठा भगिनी मातृसमा भवति। तथैव ज्येष्ठभ्रातुः पत्नी, तथा च बाल्ये यस्याः स्तन्यं पीतम् सा धात्री अपि मातृसमा एव माननीया॥

Word by Word

• bharata-śreṣṭha: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata-śreṣṭha
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• jyeṣṭhā: elder
• jyeṣṭhā: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭhā
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• bhaginī: sister
• bhaginī: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaginī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• mātṛ-sama: equal to a mother, like a mother
• mātṛ-sama: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ-sama
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• eva: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• tathā: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā

• jyeṣṭha-bhrātṛ-patnī: the wife of the elder brother
• jyeṣṭha-bhrātṛ-patnī: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha-bhrātṛ-patnī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• bālya-kāle: in childhood
• bālya-kāle: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālya-kāla
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• yasyāḥ: of whom/whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• dugdham: milk
• dugdham: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: dugdha
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• pītam: drunk
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• dhātrī: wet-nurse
• dhātrī: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhātrī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• mātṛ-sama: like a mother
• mātṛ-sama: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ-sama
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrī-mahā-bhārate: in the revered Mahābhārata
• śrī-mahā-bhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-mahā-bhārata
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• anuśāsana-parvaṇi: in the Anuśāsana Parvan
• anuśāsana-parvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuśāsana-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• dāna-dharma-parvaṇi: in the section on the duty of giving
• dāna-dharma-parvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna-dharma-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭha-vṛttiḥ: conduct regarding elders and juniors
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha-kaniṣṭha-vṛtti
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• nāma: named
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• pañca-adhika-śata-tamaḥ: the one hundred and fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca-adhika-śata-tama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bharata (as a dynastic epithet/address)