Shloka 4

मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा

Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher

Devanagari script

यच्च ते5भ्यनुजानीयु: कर्म तात सुपूजिता: । धर्माधर्मविरुद्धं वा तत्‌ कर्तव्यं युधिष्ठिर,तात युधिष्ठिर! भलीभाँति पूजित हुए वे माता-पिता और गुरुजन जिस कामके लिये आज्ञा दें, वह धर्मके अनुकूल हो या विरुद्ध, उसका पालन करना ही चाहिये

Transliteration

yac ca te 'bhyanujānīyuḥ karma tāta supūjitāḥ | dharmādharmaviruddhaṃ vā tat kartavyaṃ yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Dear child, whatever action your well-honoured elders—such as parents and teachers—permit or command you to do, that is what you should carry out, O Yudhiṣṭhira, even if it appears to be in accord with dharma or opposed to it.”

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

चand

तेto you

अभ्यनुजानीयुःshould permit/authorize

कर्मact, deed

तातdear one/son (vocative)

सुपूजिताःwell-honoured, duly worshipped

धर्माधर्मविरुद्धम्contrary to dharma and adharma (i.e., right and wrong)

वाor

तत्that

कर्तव्यम्to be done, obligatory

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira

parents (mātā-pitaraḥ)

teachers/gurus (guru-jana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes