Shloka 68

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics

Devanagari script

ऊचुश्नैनं तथा वाक्यं मानुषाणां त्वमी श्वर:

Transliteration

ūcuḥ śnainaṃ tathā vākyaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ tvam īśvaraḥ

Translation

Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “Gayon nila siya kinausap sa mga salitang ito: ‘Ikaw ang Panginoon ng mga tao.’”

Word by Word

• ऊचुः: they said
• ऊचुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वाक्यम्: speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ईश्वरः: lord, master
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• īśvara (the addressed lord/sovereign)
• mānuṣāḥ (human beings)