Shloka 108

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं ब्रह्मनू भक्तिमतो मया

Transliteration

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ brahmanū bhaktimatā mayā

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi Bà-la-môn! Vì lòng sùng kính của ta, nay ta đã thuật lại trọn vẹn tất cả điều ấy cho ngươi.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told, explained
• आख्यातम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (O sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उ: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• भक्तिमतः: from (me) who is devoted / of (me) devoted
• भक्तिमतः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Ablative/Genitive, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahman (addressed interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethos of dharma-instruction: sacred knowledge is to be communicated completely and with devotion, emphasizing sincerity and responsibility in teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in the Shānti Parva’s didactic setting, signals that he has finished explaining the preceding doctrine to the addressed Brahman interlocutor, marking a closure or transition in the discourse.