Shloka 7
गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung
Devanagari script
अन्न हि परमं गावो देवानां परमं हवि: । स्वाहाकारवषट्कारीौ गोषु नित्यं प्रतिक्ठिती
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“牛实为至上之食；亦为诸天最胜之供献（哈维）。祭仪中所唱的‘娑婆诃’与‘婆沙吒’二声，恒常依止于牛——因为这些祭行皆以牛为本。”
Word by Word
अन्नम्food, grain
अन्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
परमम्supreme, highest
परमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गावःcows
गावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
परमम्supreme, best
परमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हविःoblation, sacrificial offering
हविः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वाहाकारःthe svāhā-call/act (offering with 'svāhā')
स्वाहाकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाहाकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वषट्कारःthe vaṣaṭ-call/act (offering with 'vaṣaṭ')
वषट्कारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवषट्कार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
गोषुin/among cows; with respect to cows
गोषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
प्रतिष्ठितौestablished, dependent (as two)
प्रतिष्ठितौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिष्ठित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes