Shloka 20

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य मखं देवा: सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमा: । गमनाय समागम्य बुद्धिमापेदिरे तदा

Transliteration

tatastasya makhaṃ devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ | gamanāya samāgamya buddhim āpedire tadā ||

Translation

ततस्तस्य मखं देवाः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः। गमनाय समागम्य बुद्धिमापेदिरे तदा॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• मखम्: sacrifice (yajña)
• मखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शक्रपुरोगमाः: having Śakra (Indra) in front/led by Indra
• शक्रपुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्रपुरोगम
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• गमनाय: for going / for departure
• गमनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• समागम्य: having assembled/come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• बुद्धिम्: a plan/decision, intention
• बुद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• आपेदिरे: they adopted/they resolved upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√पद्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Makha (sacrifice/yajña)