Shloka 17

अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः

The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī

Devanagari script

पूर्व स्ववंशजानां तु कृत्वाद्धिस्तर्पणं पुन: । सुहृत्सम्बन्धिवर्गाणां ततो दद्याज्जलाञज्जलिम्‌,पहले अपने वंशमें उत्पन्न पितरोंका जलके द्वारा तर्पण करके तत्पश्चात्‌ सुहृद्‌ और सम्बन्धियोंके समुदायको जलांजलि देनी चाहिये

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ svavaṃśajānāṃ tu kṛtvāddhis-tarpaṇaṃ punaḥ | suhṛt-sambandhi-vargāṇāṃ tato dadyāj jalāñjalim ||

Translation

Bhishma teaches that one should first perform the water-offering (tarpana) for the ancestors born in one’s own lineage; thereafter, one should offer a libation of water (jalāñjali) to one’s well-wishers and to the wider circle of relatives.

Word by Word

पूर्वम्first, beforehand

स्ववंशजानाम्of those born in one’s own lineage (ancestors)

तुbut/indeed

कृत्वाhaving done

अद्धिःwith water

तर्पणम्the offering/satiation (tarpana)

पुनःagain/then

सुहृत्of friends/well-wishers

सम्बन्धिवर्गाणाम्of the group of relatives

ततःthereafter, then

दद्यात्should give

जलाञ्जलिम्a handful/oblation of water (water-offering)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

ancestors (pitṛs) of one’s lineage

well-wishers (suhṛt)

relatives (sambandhins)

water libation (jalāñjali)

tarpana rite

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes