Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गोमत्यास्त्वेष पुलिने त्वददर्शनसमुत्सुक: । आसीनो वर्तयन ब्रह्म ब्राह्मण: संशितव्रत:

Transliteration

gomatyāstv eṣa puline tvad-adarśana-samutsukaḥ | āsīno vartayan brahma brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśita-vrataḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: “Sa mabuhanging pampang ng ilog Gomatī ay nakaupo ang isang Brahmin na matatag at mahigpit sa kanyang mga panata. Binibigkas niya ang mga Veda at nananatili roon, sabik na masilayan ka.”

Word by Word

• गोमत्याः: of (the river) Gomati
• गोमत्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुलिने: on the sandbank/riverbank
• पुलिने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्वत्: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive (used as first member in compound), Singular

• अदर्शन: non-seeing/absence of sight
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, —, —

• समुत्सुकः: eager/keen
• समुत्सुकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुत्सुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीनः: sitting
• आसीनः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) → आसीन (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्तयन्: reciting/performing (continuously)
• वर्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (धातु) → वर्तयत् (शतृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: the Veda/sacred knowledge
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशितव्रतः: of sharpened/strict vows; austere
• संशितव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित-व्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a Brahmin (unnamed)
• Gomatī river

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined spiritual practice: a Brahmin of strict vows sustains sacred study (brahma/Vedic recitation) and patiently seeks darśana, implying that steadfast discipline and reverence for sacred knowledge are integral to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma informs the listener that a strict-vowed Brahmin is seated on the bank of the Gomatī, engaged in Vedic recitation and waiting eagerly to see the addressed person.