Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सर्वे सत्यव्रताश्वैव सर्वे तुल्या महर्षिभि: | श्रीक्षेव रमते तेषु धारयन्ति श्रियं च ते

Transliteration

sarve satyavratāś caiva sarve tulyā maharṣibhiḥ | śrīś caiva ramate teṣu dhārayanti śriyaṃ ca te ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: “Tất cả họ đều giữ trọn lời thệ nguyện về chân thật; tất cả đều sánh với các đại hiền triết. Nữ thần Śrī—phúc lộc và vinh quang—vui thích ngự nơi họ, và chính họ cũng nâng giữ, thể hiện phúc lộc ấy.”

Word by Word

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

• सत्यव्रताः: having true vows, truth-bound
• सत्यव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यव्रत
• 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

• तुल्याः: equal, comparable
• तुल्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महर्षिभिः: with/like the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• श्रीः: Fortune, Prosperity (Lakshmi)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• रमते: delights, dwells happily
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तेषु: in/among them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• धारयन्ति: they bear, they possess
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• श्रियम्: fortune, prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī (prosperity; Lakṣmī by implication)
• Mahārṣis (great seers, as a standard of comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness and integrity are presented as foundational virtues: those who are steadfast in truth and comparable to sages naturally become fit abodes of Śrī (prosperity and auspiciousness). Prosperity is not merely possessed; it is sustained by righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is characterizing a group being discussed as uniformly virtuous—truth-bound and sage-like—and therefore worthy of prosperity. The statement functions as a moral assessment that questions or frames how others should treat such beings.