Shloka 7

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

यानि चारहुर्मनुष्येन्द्र ये पुराणविदो जना: । कर्माणि त्विह गोविन्दे कीर्तयिष्यामि तान्यहम्‌

Transliteration

yāni cāhur manuṣyendra ye purāṇavido janāḥ | karmāṇi tv iha govinde kīrtayiṣyāmi tāny aham, narendra |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“人中最胜者、国王啊！凡是通晓《往世书》（Purāṇa）之人所称述的戈文达（Govinda）诸般事迹，我将在此一一叙说。”

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• आहुः: say, declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मनुष्येन्द्र: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्येन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुराणविदः: knowers of ancient lore (Purana-knowers)
• पुराणविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराणविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्माणि: deeds, acts
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• गोविन्दे: in/with regard to Govinda
• गोविन्दे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I shall recount, praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु, णिजन्त of कीर्त्/कीर्तयति)
• Form: Future (Lrt), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• नरेन्द्र: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Govinda (Krishna)
• Narendra (the king, i.e., Yudhishthira as addressee)
• Purāṇa-knowers (purāṇavidaḥ janāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma grounds his forthcoming account in respected tradition: the deeds of Govinda are not private opinion but what authoritative Purāṇa-knowers commonly recount. Ethically, it models how dharma-teaching is supported by reliable sources and careful narration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Addressing the king (Yudhishthira), Bhishma announces that he will now describe the celebrated deeds and divine exploits of Govinda (Krishna) as preserved in Purāṇic tradition, preparing the listener for a devotional-historical narration.