Shloka 42

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

ब्रह्म॒चर्येण तपसा यत्नेन च दमेन च,शक्‍्य: समासादयितुं गोलोकः: पुष्करेक्षण । कमलनयन इन्द्र! ब्रह्मचर्य, तपस्या, यत्न, इन्द्रियसंयम, नाना प्रकारके दान, पुण्य, तीर्थसेवन, महान्‌ तप और अन्यान्य शुभ कर्मोंके अनुष्ठानसे ही गोलोककी प्राप्ति हो सकती है

Transliteration

brahmacaryeṇa tapasā yatnena ca damena ca, śakyaḥ samāsādayituṃ golokaḥ puṣkarekṣaṇa.

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ ผู้มีเนตรดุจดอกบัว! โคโลกะย่อมเข้าถึงได้ด้วยพรหมจรรย์ ตบะ ความเพียร และการข่มอินทรีย์เท่านั้น”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मचर्येण: by celibacy / brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्नेन: by effort
• यत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• दमेन: by self-control
• दमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• शक्यः: possible / able (to be attained)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समासादयितुम्: to reach / to attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• गोलोकः: Goloka (world of cows; a heavenly realm)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोलोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्करेक्षण: O lotus-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर-ईक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Puṣkarekṣaṇa (lotus-eyed addressee)
• Goloka