Shloka 9

मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा

Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher

Devanagari script

सम्यगेतेषु वर्तस्व त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत

Transliteration

samyag eteṣu vartasva triṣu lokeṣu bhārata

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—“اے بھارت! ان امور میں درست طریقے سے برتاؤ کرو، تاکہ تمہاری زندگی تینوں جہانوں کے ساتھ ہم آہنگ رہے۔”

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• एतेषु: in these (matters/places)
• एतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• वर्तस्व: conduct yourself / behave
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तते)
• Form: loṭ (imperative), ātmanepada, 2nd, singular

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (proper name/vocative)
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)
• three worlds (trailokya)