Shloka 11

भीष्मसेनासंनिवेशः — Bhīṣma’s Mobilization, Omens, and the Kaurava Array

Devanagari script

अधर्म: क्षत्रियस्यैष यद्‌ व्याधिमरणं गृहे । यदयोनिधनं याति सो<स्य धर्म: सनातन:

Translation

“对刹帝利而言，此乃非义：卧病家中而以疾终。唯有在战场上为铁兵所伤而受死者，方是其永恒之法（达摩）。”

Word by Word

• अधर्मः: unrighteousness, adharma
• अधर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियस्य: of a kshatriya
• क्षत्रियस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• व्याधि-मरणम्: death due to illness
• व्याधि-मरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि-मरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• गृहे: in the house, at home
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अयोनि-धनम्: death not in a proper place/way (i.e., not in battle); improper death
• अयोनि-धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोनि-धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of him, his
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मः: duty, dharma
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सनातनः: eternal, perennial
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच