Shloka 28

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

सैनापत्येन त॑ देवा: पूजयित्वा गुहालयम्‌ । शशंसुर्विप्रकारं तं तस्मै तारककारितम्‌

Transliteration

senāpatyena taṁ devāḥ pūjayitvā guhālayam | śaśaṁsur viprakāraṁ taṁ tasmai tārakakāritam ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „Nachdem die Götter ihn mit dem Amt des Oberbefehlshabers geehrt hatten, priesen sie in der Höhlenwohnung jene außergewöhnliche Tat — vollbracht, um die Gefahr durch Tāraka zu bannen.“

Word by Word

• सैनापत्येन: by (the office of) generalship/commander-in-chiefship
• सैनापत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनापत्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूजयित्वा: having honored/worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• गुहालयम्: the abode of Guha (Kartikeya)
• गुहालयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहालय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शशंसुः: they proclaimed/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विप्रकारम्: the extraordinary manner/remarkable form
• विप्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: that (one/that thing)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तारककारितम्: caused/done by Tāraka
• तारककारितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारक-कारित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle from √कृ with causative sense: कारित)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• devāḥ (the gods)
• Tāraka
• guhālaya (cave-abode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority and public honor should follow proven service to dharma: when a deed removes a grave threat and restores order, it is fitting for the righteous (here, the gods) to recognize it through both praise and responsible leadership roles.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that the gods honored a hero by appointing him commander-in-chief and then extolled an extraordinary deed connected with the Tāraka matter, associated here with a cave-abode setting.