Shloka 96

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

ततः समारभत्‌ कर्म दैवं पित्रयं च भारत । आहूय देवानिन्द्रादीन्‌ भागं भागं विधिक्रमात्‌,भरतनन्दन! फिर उन्होंने देवकर्म और पितृकर्म आरम्भ किया। इन्द्र आदि देवताओंका आवाहन करके उनके लिये क्रमश: विधिपूर्वक पृथक्‌-पृथक्‌ भाग अर्पित किया

Transliteration

tataḥ samārabhat karma daivaṁ pitryaṁ ca bhārata | āhūya devān indrādīn bhāgaṁ bhāgaṁ vidhikramāt ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Then he began the prescribed rites—both those meant for the gods and those meant for the ancestors, O Bhārata. Having invoked the deities beginning with Indra, he offered to each, in due order, their distinct share according to ritual rule.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

समारभत्began, commenced

कर्मrite, act, ritual

दैवम्divine (pertaining to the gods)

पित्र्यम्ancestral (pertaining to the Pitṛs)

चand

भारतO Bharata

आहूयhaving invoked, having called

देवान्the gods

इन्द्रादीन्Indra and others

भागम्a portion, share (offering)

भागम्share by share (each portion)

विधि-क्रमात्according to the prescribed order

भरत-नन्दनO descendant/delighter of Bharata

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Indra

Devas (gods)

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes