Shloka 153

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

तस्य चातमसो लोका गच्छत: परमां गतिम्‌ । स्वलोके राजराज्येन सो5भिषिच्येत भार्गव

Transliteration

tasya cātamaso lokā gacchataḥ paramāṁ gatim | svaloke rājarājyena so ’bhiṣicyeta bhārgava ||

Translation

قال فاسيشثا: «إن من يمضي إلى الغاية العليا ينال عوالم لا ظلمة فيها—عوالم متلألئة بالنور. يا بهارغافا، في فلكه السماوي الخاص يُقام له طقسُ التتويج فيُمسَح للسيادة الملكية، بل يبلغ منزلةَ ملكٍ بين الملوك».

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• अतमसः: free from darkness, non-dark
• अतमसः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गच्छतः: of (one) going
• गच्छतः: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परमाम्: supreme, highest
• परमाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: destination, course
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वलोके: in his own world/realm
• स्वलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजराज्येन: by/with the kingship of the king of kings (imperial sovereignty)
• राजराज्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजराज्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिषिच्येत: would be consecrated/anointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Present-system (injunctive/optative sense)

• भार्गव: O Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• lokāḥ (radiant worlds/realms)
• paramā gati (supreme goal)
• rājarājya (sovereign kingship)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct that leads to the “supreme goal” is portrayed as yielding a luminous, darkness-free state and exalted honor; spiritual attainment is expressed through the imagery of radiant worlds and royal consecration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha addresses a Bhārgava and describes the posthumous destiny of a meritorious person: he reaches radiant realms and is symbolically anointed to sovereign status in his own heavenly sphere.