Shloka 19

Satya–Anṛta Viveka (Discrimination between Truth and Falsehood) | सत्य–अनृत विवेकः

Devanagari script

प्राणात्यये विवाहे च वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत्‌

Transliteration

prāṇātyaye vivāhe ca vaktavyam anṛtaṃ bhavet

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Kapag nakataya ang buhay, at gayundin sa usapin ng pag-aasawa, maaaring maging tama ang pagsasabi ng hindi totoo.”

Word by Word

• प्राणात्यये: in danger of life / at the point of death
• प्राणात्यये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणात्यय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विवाहे: in marriage (ceremony)
• विवाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• वक्तव्यम्: to be spoken / should be said
• वक्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनृतम्: untruth / falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma