Shloka 25

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

तदिदं सम्यगारब्धं त्वयाद्य भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

tad idaṃ samyag ārabdhaṃ tvayādya bharatarṣabha

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O bull among the Bharatas, what you have undertaken today has been begun in the right way—properly and in accordance with dharma.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• आरब्धम्: begun, undertaken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रभ्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas (best of the Bharatas)
• भरतर्षभ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma affirms that the listener’s present course of action has been initiated correctly—implying that ethical undertakings should begin with proper intention, method, and alignment with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction sequence, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira (honored as ‘bharatarṣabha’) and commends him for having properly begun the current inquiry/undertaking, setting a righteous tone for the ensuing counsel.