Shloka 82

Devanagari script

एषा ते कथिता राजन्‌ सावित्री ब्रह्म शाश्वती | विवक्षुरसि यच्चान्यत्‌ तत्‌ ते वक्ष्यामि भारत

Transliteration

eṣā te kathitā rājan sāvitrī brahma śāśvatī | vivakṣur asi yac cānyat tat te vakṣyāmi bhārata ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: “Tâu Đại vương, ta đã trình bày với ngài về Savitri vĩnh cửu—Gayatri—mang bản tính của Brahman. Hỡi dòng Bharata, nếu còn điều gì khác ngài muốn hỏi, ta cũng sẽ nói cho ngài biết.”

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she/this one)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• कथिता: told/related
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī (the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī mantra)
• सावित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शाश्वती: eternal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विवक्षुः: wishing to say/ask
• विवक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: उ (desiderative/intentional agent noun: 'wishing to speak'), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अन्यत्: other (anything else)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Lृट), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Rājan/Bhārata)
• Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī)
• Brahman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the timeless sanctity of Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī by identifying it with Brahman, and it models the ethic of instruction: a teacher completes one topic and invites further sincere inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma concludes his account of the greatness of Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī to King Yudhiṣṭhira and offers to answer any further questions.