Shloka 36

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

पाद्यादीनि प्रतिग्राह्ू पूजया परयार्चयन्‌

Transliteration

pādyādīni pratigṛhya pūjayā parayārcayan

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Habiendo aceptado las ofrendas acostumbradas, comenzando por el agua para lavar los pies y lo demás, debe honrar al huésped con la más alta reverencia, rindiéndole culto con respeto sincero y completo».

Word by Word

• पाद्यादीनि: water for washing the feet and other (offerings)
• पाद्यादीनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य + आदि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतिगृह्य: having accepted/received
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + √ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• पूजया: with worship/honour
• पूजया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: supreme, excellent
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्चयन्: he worships/honours
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
• पाद्य (pādya—foot-washing water, as an object of hospitality)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches atithi-dharma: one should receive a guest with the full courtesies of hospitality (beginning with pādya) and honor them with the highest respect, treating service itself as a moral duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct. Here he describes the proper way to welcome and honor a guest—accepting the offered items of reception and then worshipping/serving with utmost reverence.