Shloka 36

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

पाद्यादीनि प्रतिग्राह्ू पूजया परयार्चयन्‌

Transliteration

pādyādīni pratigṛhya pūjayā parayārcayan

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Nachdem er die üblichen Gaben angenommen hat, beginnend mit dem Wasser zum Waschen der Füße und dergleichen, soll er den Gast mit der höchsten Ehrfurcht ehren und ihn mit aufrichtigem, vollkommenem Respekt verehren.“

Word by Word

• पाद्यादीनि: water for washing the feet and other (offerings)
• पाद्यादीनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य + आदि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतिगृह्य: having accepted/received
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + √ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• पूजया: with worship/honour
• पूजया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: supreme, excellent
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्चयन्: he worships/honours
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
• पाद्य (pādya—foot-washing water, as an object of hospitality)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.