Shloka 36
Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman
Devanagari script
पाद्यादीनि प्रतिग्राह्ू पूजया परयार्चयन्
Transliteration
pādyādīni pratigṛhya pūjayā parayārcayan
Translation
ভীষ্ম বললেন—“পাদ্য প্রভৃতি প্রথাগত উপহার গ্রহণ করে, আন্তরিক ও সম্পূর্ণ শ্রদ্ধায় সর্বোচ্চ সম্মানে অতিথিকে পূজা করে সম্মানিত করা উচিত।”
Word by Word
पाद्यादीनिwater for washing the feet and other (offerings)
पाद्यादीनि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाद्य + आदि
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
प्रतिगृह्यhaving accepted/received
प्रतिगृह्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति + √ग्रह्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
पूजयाwith worship/honour
पूजया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
परयाsupreme, excellent
परया:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अर्चयन्he worships/honours
अर्चयन्:
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
भ
भीष्म (Bhīṣma)प
पाद्य (pādya—foot-washing water, as an object of hospitality)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches atithi-dharma: one should receive a guest with the full courtesies of hospitality (beginning with pādya) and honor them with the highest respect, treating service itself as a moral duty.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct. Here he describes the proper way to welcome and honor a guest—accepting the offered items of reception and then worshipping/serving with utmost reverence.