Shloka 16

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

तत्‌ कृत्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठो धर्मसंकरमात्मन: । पश्चात्तापेन महता तप्यमानो<5भ्यचिन्तयत्‌

Transliteration

tat kṛtvā sa muniśreṣṭho dharmasaṅkaram ātmanaḥ | paścāttāpena mahatā tapyamāno 'bhyacintayat ||

Translation

وہ شِرادھ کر چکنے کے بعد، مُنیوں میں برتر نِمی نے اپنے ہی اندر دھرم کی آمیزش و اختلاط کا عیب سمجھا؛ اور شدید ندامت سے جلتا ہوا پھر یوں غور کرنے لگا۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that (act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/General, Non-finite

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनि-श्रेष्ठः: the best of sages
• मुनि-श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म-संकरम्: confusion/mixture of dharma (a transgression)
• धर्म-संकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + संकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनः: of himself / in himself
• आत्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्चात्तापेन: with remorse
• पश्चात्तापेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चात्ताप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तप्यमानः: being tormented / burning (with grief)
• तप्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present participle (passive/ātmanepada sense), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यचिन्तयत्: he reflected / thought
• अभ्यचिन्तयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (अभि-)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nimi