Shloka 86

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

पितृलोकगता: सर्वे तारिता: पितरस्त्वया

Transliteration

pitṛlokagatāḥ sarve tāritāḥ pitaras tvayā

Translation

All the forefathers who had gone to the world of the Pitṛs have been delivered by you.

Word by Word

• पितृलोकगता: gone to the world of the Pitṛs (manes)
• पितृलोकगता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृलोकगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तारिता: saved/delivered (having been delivered)
• तारिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पितरः: the fathers/ancestors (manes)
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛloka
• Pitaraḥ (ancestors/forefathers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person’s righteous action can generate merit that benefits not only oneself but also one’s ancestors; fulfilling duty toward the lineage (pitṛ-ṛṇa) is presented as a significant ethical achievement.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker (identified as the father-in-law) praises the addressee, declaring that the addressee’s deed has ‘delivered’ all the forefathers who dwell in Pitṛloka, implying a powerful, lineage-wide spiritual benefit.