Shloka 5

Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

नैष धर्म: सतां देवा यत्र वध्येत वै पशु: । इदं कृतयुगं श्रेष्ठ कथं वध्येत वै पशु:

Transliteration

naiṣa dharmaḥ satāṁ devā yatra vadhyeta vai paśuḥ | idaṁ kṛtayugaṁ śreṣṭha kathaṁ vadhyeta vai paśuḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi chư thần, đó không phải là dharma của người hiền—nơi mà một con vật bị giết. Đây là Kṛta Yuga cao quý; làm sao lại có thể sát sinh ở đây?”

Word by Word

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

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma; righteous law
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सताम्: of the good (people)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• देवाः: O gods / gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• वध्येत: should be killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Passive, 3rd, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पशुः: an animal
• पशुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृतयुगम्: the Kṛta-yuga
• कृतयुगम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतयुग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेष्ठम्: best; excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• वध्येत: should be killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Passive, 3rd, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पशुः: an animal
• पशुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devas
• Kṛta Yuga
• Paśu (animal)