Shloka 33
Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
पारक्ये भूमिदेशे तु पितृणां निर्वपेत् तु यः
Transliteration
pārakye bhūmideśe tu pitṝṇāṃ nirvapet tu yaḥ
Translation
ভীষ্ম বললেন—যে ব্যক্তি পরের ভূমিতে বা বিদেশদেশে থেকেও পিতৃগণের উদ্দেশ্যে বিধিপূর্বক নিবেদন (শ্রাদ্ধ-তর্পণ) করে…
Word by Word
पारक्येin another's/foreign
पारक्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपारक्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भूमिदेशेin a land/region
भूमिदेशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमिदेश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पितृणाम्of/for the ancestors
पितृणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
निर्वपेत्should offer/scatter (as an oblation)
निर्वपेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्वप् (नि + वप्)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तुindeed/also
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaP
pitṛs (ancestors)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even when one is in a foreign or another’s territory, one should not neglect one’s duty to the ancestors; prescribed pitṛ-offerings remain a continuing obligation and a marker of dharma.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he begins stating a rule concerning the performance of ancestral offerings (pitṛ-kriyā/śrāddha) when a person is away from their own homeland, setting up the consequences or merits that follow.