Shloka 17

सत्य–अनृत, प्रकाश–तमस्, स्वर्ग–नरक विवेचनम्

Truth and Untruth as Light and Darkness; Svarga and Naraka as Ethical Consequences

Devanagari script

शैलास्तस्यास्थिसंज्ञास्तु मेदो मांसं च मेदिनी । समुद्रास्तस्य रुधिरमाकाशमुदरं तथा

Transliteration

śailās tasyāsthi-saṃjñās tu medo māṃsaṃ ca medinī | samudrās tasya rudhiram ākāśam udaraṃ tathā ||

Translation

ภูเขาทั้งหลายเรียกว่าเป็นกระดูกของพระองค์; แผ่นดินคือไขมันและเนื้อของพระองค์ มหาสมุทรทั้งหลายคือโลหิตของพระองค์ และท้องฟ้าก็คือพระอุทรของพระองค์ด้วย

Word by Word

• शैलाः: mountains
• शैलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of it
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अस्थि-संज्ञाः: having the designation ‘bones’ (i.e., as bones)
• अस्थि-संज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्थि-संज्ञा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मेदः: fat
• मेदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• मेदिनी: the earth
• मेदिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समुद्राः: oceans
• समुद्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of it
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आकाशम्: sky/space
• आकाशम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उदरम्: belly/abdomen
• उदरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mountains (śailāḥ)
• earth (medinī)
• oceans (samudrāḥ)
• sky/space (ākāśa)