Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभातसमये सो$तिथिस्तेन पूजित: । ब्राह्मणेन यथाशकक्‍त्या स्वकार्यमभिकाड्क्षता,फिर सबेरा होनेपर अपने कार्यकी सिद्धि चाहने-वाले उस ब्राह्मणद्वारा यथाशक्ति सम्मानित हो वह अतिथि चला गया

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhātasamaye so ’tithis tena pūjitaḥ | brāhmaṇena yathāśaktyā svakāryam abhikāṅkṣatā ||

Translation

随后，黎明时分，那位宾客——已受那婆罗门尽其所能的礼敬——便离去了。而那婆罗门，志在成就自身之事，也继续寻求其所行之圆满。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: avyaya

• प्रभातसमये: at dawn-time
• प्रभातसमये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात-समय
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अतिथिः: the guest
• अतिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• पूजितः: honored, worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle)

• ब्राह्मणेन: by the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: avyaya

• शकत्या: with (his) ability, as far as possible
• शकत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• स्वकार्यम्: his own task/purpose
• स्वकार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-कार्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अभिकाङ्क्षता: desiring, wishing for
• अभिकाङ्क्षता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√काङ्क्ष्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular (present active participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• atithi (guest)
• brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should honor a guest according to one’s means (yathāśaktyā), even while pursuing personal objectives; dharma is upheld through respectful hospitality and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

At dawn, the guest who has been duly honored departs; the brāhmaṇa, focused on achieving his intended purpose, continues toward the completion of his own task after fulfilling the duty of receiving the guest.