Shloka 48

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

नारदो5प्यथ कृष्णस्य परं मेने नराधिप । शाश्वतत्वं महाबाहो यथावद्‌ भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

nārado 'py atha kṛṣṇasya paraṃ mene narādhipa | śāśvatatvaṃ mahābāho yathāvad bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—اے نرادھپ! نارد نے بھی شری کرشن کو برتر و برین مانا۔ اے مہاباہو، اے بھرتوں میں سرفراز! اس نے شری کرشن کی ازلی و ابدی حقیقت کو ٹھیک ٹھیک جانا۔

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• परम्: supremacy/superiority (as the highest)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मेने: considered/thought
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada (usage with middle-sense verb)

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शाश्वतत्वम्: eternity/everlastingness
• शाश्वतत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाश्वतत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly/as it should be
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharata lineage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārada
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (narādhipa)
• Bharata lineage (bharatarṣabha)