Shloka 10

Gratitude, Discernment, and the Escalation of Power (Śvā–Dvipī–Vyāghra–Nāga–Siṃha–Śarabha Itihāsa)

Devanagari script

तस्यर्षेरुपविष्टस्थ पादमूले महामते । मनुष्यवद्गतो भावो स्नेहबद्धों& भवद्‌ भूशम्‌

Transliteration

tasyarṣer upaviṣṭastha-pādamūle mahāmate | manuṣyavad gato bhāvo sneha-baddho ’bhavad bhūśam ||

Translation

तस्यर्षेरुपविष्टस्य पादमूले महामते। मनुष्यवद्गतो भावः स्नेहबद्धोऽभवद्भृशम्॥

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ऋषेः: of the sage
• ऋषेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपविष्टस्य: of (him) seated
• उपविष्टस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पादमूले: at the foot-base (near the feet)
• पादमूले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादमूल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मनुष्यवत्: like a human
• मनुष्यवत्: Prakara
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मनुष्यवत्

• गतः: arisen/occurred
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भावः: feeling, disposition
• भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नेहबद्धः: bound by affection
• स्नेहबद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेहबद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• भूशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• भूशम्: Prakara
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूशम्

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• ṛṣi (sage)
• dog

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even an animal can develop refined, ‘human-like’ affection through proximity to a virtuous person; the verse highlights the moral power of saintly association and the binding force of sneha (attachment).

What is happening in the narrative?

A dog sits near a great sage’s feet and, through that closeness, becomes intensely attached to him, experiencing a disposition comparable to human affection.