Shloka 54

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

दैतेया दानवाश्रैव सर्वे ते नैतै: सह | एते चान्ये च बहव: पूर्वे पूर्वतराश्ष ये

Transliteration

daiteyā dānavāś caiva sarve te naitāiḥ saha | ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pūrve pūrvataraś ca ye ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا— “دَیتیہ اور دانَو بھی—وہ سب—ان کے ساتھ نہ تھے۔ اور ان کے سوا بھی بہت سے تھے—پہلے کے، اور ان سے بھی زیادہ قدیم۔”

Word by Word

• दैतेयाः: the Daityas
• दैतेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानवाः: the Dānavas
• दानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतैः: with/by these
• एतैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूर्वे: former/earlier ones
• पूर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूर्वतराः: still earlier/more ancient
• पूर्वतराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्वतर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Daityas
• Dānavas