Shloka 16

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

0/ जे ; कं गम तमुत्थितमहं दृष्टवा परं विस्मयमागमम्‌ | प्रतिग्रहीता साक्षान्मे पितेति भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

yaḥ kaṃ gām tam utthitam ahaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam āgamam | pratigrahītā sākṣān me pitā iti bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

قال بيشما: «لما رأيته ينهض ويقترب، أخذني أعظمُ العجب. فإن الذي قبل القُربان نفسه صرّح لي جهارًا: ‘أنا أبوك’، يا ثورَ آلِ بهاراتا».

Word by Word

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• kam: whom
• kam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• gam: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tam: him
• tam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• utthitam: risen, standing up
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utthita
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• drishtva: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: drish
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• param: great, extreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• agamam: I attained / I came to
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• pratigrahita: receiver, acceptor
• pratigrahita: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratigrahitṛ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sakshat: directly, in person
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt

• me: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• pita: father
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• bharata-rishabha: O bull of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharatarishabha
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• pitā (Bhīṣma’s father, as identified in the verse)
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed person, typically Yudhiṣṭhira)