Shloka 109

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

कथितं तच्च वै सर्व मया पृष्टेन तत्त्वत: । क्रियतां मद्गच: शिष्या: सेव्यतां हरिरी श्वर: । गीयतां वेदशब्दैश्व॒ पूज्यतां च यथाविधि

Transliteration

kathitaṃ tacca vai sarvaṃ mayā pṛṣṭena tattvataḥ | kriyatāṃ madgiraḥ śiṣyāḥ sevyatāṃ harir īśvaraḥ | gīyatāṃ vedaśabdaiś ca pūjyatāṃ ca yathāvidhi ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “All this has been explained by me truthfully, in response to your questions. Therefore, O disciples, act according to my instruction: serve Hari, the Supreme Lord. Let His glory be sung with the words of the Veda, and let Him be worshipped in the proper, prescribed manner.”

Word by Word

• कथितम्: has been told/said
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (कथ् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• पृष्टेन: when asked / upon being asked
• पृष्टेन: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृष्ट (प्रच्छ् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्त्वतः: truly; in accordance with reality
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्वतः

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), Passive, Third, Singular

• मत्-वचः: my word/statement
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शिष्याः: O disciples
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• सेव्यताम्: let (him) be served/worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), Passive, Third, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गीयताम्: let (it) be sung/chanted
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), Passive, Third, Singular

• वेद-शब्दैः: with Vedic words/mantras
• वेद-शब्दैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पूज्यताम्: let (him) be worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), Passive, Third, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यथा-विधि: according to rule; duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Hari
• Īśvara
• Veda
• śiṣyāḥ (disciples)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Having given a truthful doctrinal explanation, Vyāsa directs his disciples to translate knowledge into practice: serve Hari (the Supreme Lord), praise Him through Vedic mantras, and worship Him according to prescribed ritual order (yathāvidhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

At the close of an instructional exchange, Vyāsa responds to the disciples’ questions by affirming he has taught the truth and then issues practical injunctions—obedience to the teacher’s words and disciplined devotion through Vedic praise and proper worship.