Shloka 82

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

अयं स पुरुष: श्यामो लोकस्य दुरतिक्रम:

Transliteration

ayaṃ sa puruṣaḥ śyāmo lokasya duratikramaḥ

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ผู้นี้เองคือบุรุษผู้มีผิวกายดุจสีเข้ม; โลกไม่อาจล่วงพ้นท่านได้—เป็นอำนาจที่ไม่อาจข้าม ไม่อาจฝ่าฝืน”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: that/he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: man, person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्यामः: dark, dusky
• श्यामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्याम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• लोकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुरतिक्रमः: hard to surpass/overstep
• दुरतिक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरतिक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• puruṣa (the Person)