Shloka 14

Adhyāya 55 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Hesitation and Bhīṣma’s Authorization of Inquiry

Rājadharma Prelude

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच ब्राह्मणानां यथा धर्मो दानमध्ययनं तप: । क्षत्रियाणां तथा कृष्ण समरे देहपातनम्‌,भीष्मजीने कहा--श्रीकृष्ण! जैसे दान, अध्ययन और तप ब्राह्मणोंका धर्म है, उसी प्रकार समरभूमिमें शत्रुओंके शरीरको मार गिराना क्षत्रियोंका धर्म है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | brāhmaṇānāṃ yathā dharmo dānam adhyayanaṃ tapaḥ | kṣatriyāṇāṃ tathā kṛṣṇa samare dehapātanam ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ้กฤษณะ! ดังที่ธรรมของพราหมณ์คือการให้ทาน การศึกษาแห่งคัมภีร์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ และการบำเพ็ญตบะ ฉันใด ธรรมของกษัตริย์นักรบก็ฉันนั้น คือในสมรภูมิให้ล้มร่างศัตรูลง—ทำให้ร่างกายตกลงในสงคราม”

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• धर्मः: duty, dharma
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दानम्: giving, charity
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अध्ययनम्: study (of the Veda)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of Kshatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• देहपातनम्: causing the fall of bodies (slaying)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहपातन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Krishna
• Brahmins (Brāhmaṇa-varṇa)
• Kshatriyas (Kṣatriya-varṇa)
• battlefield (samara)