Shloka 9

पात्रलक्षण-परिक्षा (Pātra-Lakṣaṇa Parīkṣā) — Criteria for a Worthy Recipient

Devanagari script

तथैव ते>पि प्रीयन्ते येषां भवति तद्धवि:

Transliteration

tathaiva te 'pi prīyante yeṣāṃ bhavati tad dhaviḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “In the same way, those too are pleased for whom that very offering becomes their share.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine; nominative; plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• प्रीयन्ते: are pleased, become satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (प्रीञ्)
• Form: Present tense (लट्); 3rd person; plural; Ātmanepada

• येषाम्: of whom, for whom
• येषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter; genitive; plural

• भवति: is, becomes, occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present tense (लट्); 3rd person; singular; Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter; nominative; singular

• हविः: oblation, sacrificial offering
• हविः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter; nominative; singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• haviḥ (oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That rightful recipients are satisfied when the offering truly reaches them; ethical giving and ritual action bear fruit when directed to the proper share (adhikāra) and recipient.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, explaining the principle of how offerings (havis) and acts of giving/ritual please those for whom they are intended, reinforcing correct intention and proper allocation.