Shloka 75

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

पर्यधावत शैलांश्व नदी: प्र्नवणानि च

Transliteration

paryadhāvat śailāṁś ca nadīḥ praṇavāṇi ca

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Es zog umher—über Berge, entlang der Flüsse und durch die abfallenden Hänge.“

Word by Word

• पर्यधावत्: ran about / ran around
• पर्यधावत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• शैलान्: mountains
• शैलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• नदीः: rivers
• नदीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रवणानि: slopes / declivities
• प्रवणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mountains (śaila)
• rivers (nadī)
• slopes/declivities (praṇavāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The imagery of rapid movement across mountains, rivers, and slopes underscores that force and momentum naturally overflow boundaries; ethically, it points to the need for dharmic restraint and direction so that strength does not become destructive.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes something moving swiftly and widely through varied terrain—mountains, rivers, and descending slopes—using a compact list to convey speed, range, and the difficulty of containment.