Shloka 7

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

दशाश्वस्य सुतस्त्वासीदू राजा परमधार्मिक: । सत्ये तपसि दाने च यस्य नित्यं रतं मन:

Transliteration

daśāśvasya sutastvāsīdū rājā paramadhārmikaḥ | satye tapasi dāne ca yasya nityaṁ rataṁ manaḥ ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—दशाश्वस्य सुतस्त्वमासीद् राजा परमधार्मिकः। सत्ये तपसि दाने च यस्य नित्यं रतं मनः॥

Word by Word

• दशाश्वस्य: of Daśāśva
• दशाश्वस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशाश्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्व: you
• त्व: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमधार्मिकः: supremely righteous
• परमधार्मिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमधार्मिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्ये: in truth
• सत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दाने: in giving/charity
• दाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• रतम्: delighting/engaged
• रतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Daśāśva
• King (the addressed person)