Shloka 22

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्‌ नित्ये तते तन्‍्तौ दृढे स्रगिव तिष्ठति

Transliteration

yasmin nitye tate tantau dṛḍhe srag iva tiṣṭhati

Translation

Sabi ni Bhīṣma: “Sa walang-hanggang sinulid na nakaunat at matibay, doon ito nananatili—gaya ng kuwintas na bulaklak na magkakabuklod sa isang matatag na pisi.” Sa diwang etikal, itinuturo ng larawang ito na ang sari-saring anyo ng asal at karanasan ay nagkakaisa lamang kapag nakaugat sa isang di-nagbabagong, matatag na simulain; kung wala ang gayong saligan, guguho ang kaayusan at kahulugan.

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नित्ये: in the eternal (one/thing)
• नित्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तते: in the stretched/spread (one/thing)
• तते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तन्तौ: in the thread
• तन्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दृढे: in the firm/strong (one/thing)
• दृढे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्रग्: garland
• स्रग्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रज्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• thread (tantu)
• garland (srag)