Shloka 20

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics

Devanagari script

उद्धिद: स्वेदजाश्वैव साण्डजाश्न जरायुजा: । जज्ञे तात जगत्‌ सर्व तथा स्थावरजड्भमम्‌

Transliteration

udbhijjaḥ svedajāś caiva aṇḍajāś ca jarāyujāḥ | jajñe tāta jagat sarvaṃ tathā sthāvara-jaṅgamam ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Mula sa kanila lumitaw ang lahat ng nilalang—yaong isinilang mula sa usbong (mga halaman), mula sa pawis o halumigmig, mula sa itlog, at mula sa sinapupunan. Kaya, anak ko, ang buong daigdig ay nagkaroon—kapwa ang di-nakikilos at ang nakikilos.”

Word by Word

• उद्भिज्जाः: sprouting-born beings (plants etc.)
• उद्भिज्जाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिज्ज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वेदजाः: sweat/moisture-born beings
• स्वेदजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेदज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अण्डजाः: egg-born beings (birds etc.)
• अण्डजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• जरायुजाः: womb-born beings (mammals etc.)
• जरायुजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जज्ञे: was born/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• तात: O dear one/son
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्थावरजङ्गमम्: immobile and mobile (creation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर-जङ्गम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• tāta (addressed listener, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)
• udbhijja
• svedaja
• aṇḍaja
• jarāyuja
• jagat
• sthāvara
• jaṅgama