Shloka 108

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

अन्रैवात्रेति च विभो जातमत्रिं वदन्त्यपि | तथा भस्मव्यपोहेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिगणसम्मता:

Transliteration

anraivātreti ca vibho jātam atriṁ vadanty api | tathā bhasmavyapohebhyo brahmarṣigaṇasammatāḥ |

Translation

قال فاسيشثا: «يا ذا البأس، من تلك العُقَد نفسها من عشب الكوشا (kuśa) وُلِد براهمرِشيٌّ آخر، يدعوه الناس أيضًا “أتري (Atri)”. وكذلك من أكوام الرماد المنخول نشأ الفايخانساس (Vaikhānasa)، المكرَّمون بين جماعات البراهمرِشيّين—زُهّادٌ يبتغون التَّقشّف، ومعرفة الشاسترا (śāstra)، والفضائل النبيلة.»

Word by Word

• अत्रैव: right here/just here
• अत्रैव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र + एव

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• विभो: O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जातम्: born/produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• अत्रिम्: Atri (the sage)
• अत्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वदन्ति: they say/call
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• भस्म: from ashes
• भस्म: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• व्यपोहेभ्यः: from removals/clearings (heaps cleared away)
• व्यपोहेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यपोह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• ब्रह्मर्षि: by Brahmarishis
• ब्रह्मर्षि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गण: groups/assemblies
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्मताः: approved/esteemed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Atri
• Brahmarṣis
• Vaikhānasas
• bhasma (ash)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage elevates tapas (austerity), śāstra-jñāna (scriptural understanding), and sadguṇa (noble virtues) as the defining aims of revered ascetic lineages, presenting spiritual excellence as grounded in disciplined practice and ethical cultivation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes mythic origins: Atri is said to arise from the same source previously mentioned (here implied as kuśa clusters), and the Vaikhānasas are said to arise from sifted heaps of ash, being honored among Brahmarṣis for their ascetic and learned character.