Shloka 19

Satya–Anṛta Viveka (Discrimination between Truth and Falsehood) | सत्य–अनृत विवेकः

Devanagari script

प्राणात्यये विवाहे च वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत्‌

Transliteration

prāṇātyaye vivāhe ca vaktavyam anṛtaṃ bhavet

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—جب جان پر بن آئے اور نیز نکاح کے معاملے میں بھی، کبھی کبھی جھوٹ کہنا درست ہو سکتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्राणात्यये: in danger of life / at the point of death
• प्राणात्यये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणात्यय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विवाहे: in marriage (ceremony)
• विवाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वक्तव्यम्: to be spoken / should be said
• वक्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनृतम्: untruth / falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma