Shloka 25

Gārhasthya-dharma: Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī-saṃvāda

Householder Duties and Daily Offerings

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ गृहस्थधर्म त्वं चेष्टमानो जनाधिप । इहलोके यश: प्राप्य प्रेत्य स्वर्गमवाप्स्पसि

Transliteration

etad gṛhasthadharma tvaṁ ceṣṭamāno janādhipa | ihaloke yaśaḥ prāpya pretya svargam avāpsyasi ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «Si tu t’efforces de pratiquer ce dharma du maître de maison, ô souverain des hommes, tu obtiendras une belle renommée en ce monde; et après la mort tu atteindras le ciel.»

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing/teaching)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गृहस्थधर्मम्: the householder’s duty
• गृहस्थधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• चेष्टमानः: endeavouring / practising
• चेष्टमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चेष्ट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• जनाधिप: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, ल्यप्)

• प्रेत्य: after death / on departing (this life)
• प्रेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + इ
• Form: Absolutive/gerund used adverbially

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप्
• Form: Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• janādhipa (the king; addressed listener, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that sincere practice of gṛhastha-dharma yields a twofold fruit: honorable reputation in this life and heavenly attainment after death, linking ethical household conduct with both social and spiritual outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing the king on dharma. Here he concludes or reinforces a section on householder duties by assuring the listener that striving to follow these prescriptions brings worldly esteem and posthumous reward.