Shloka 119

Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

रुक्‍्मं चापि महामेरु: स्वयं कनकपर्वतः । यक्षराक्षसभर्ता च भगवान्‌ नरवाहनः:

Transliteration

rukmaṃ cāpi mahāmeruḥ svayaṃ kanakaparvataḥ | yakṣarākṣasabhartā ca bhagavān naravāhanaḥ ||

Translation

रुक्मं चापि महामेरुः स्वयं कनकपर्वतः। यक्षराक्षसभर्ता च भगवान् नरवाहनः॥

Word by Word

• रुक्मम्: gold (ornament/metal)
• रुक्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• महामेरुः: the great Meru (mountain)
• महामेरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामेरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: by himself/itself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• कनकपर्वतः: the golden mountain
• कनकपर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनकपर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यक्षराक्षसभर्ता: lord/leader of the Yakshas and Rakshasas
• यक्षराक्षसभर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्षराक्षसभर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भगवान्: the blessed/divine one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरवाहनः: he whose vehicle is a man (man-borne)
• नरवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Meru (Mahāmeru)
• Yakshas
• Rakshasas
• Kanaka-parvata (golden mountain)
• Bhagavān (the Lord, unnamed here)
• Naravāhana (epithet)