Shloka 36
Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman
Devanagari script
पाद्यादीनि प्रतिग्राह्ू पूजया परयार्चयन्
Transliteration
pādyādīni pratigṛhya pūjayā parayārcayan
Translation
ભીષ્મે કહ્યું—“પાદ્ય વગેરે પરંપરાગત અર્પણો સ્વીકારીને, અતિથિનું પરમ આદરથી સત્કાર કરવો અને હૃદયપૂર્વક પૂર્ણ શ્રદ્ધાથી તેની પૂજા કરવી.”
Word by Word
पाद्यादीनिwater for washing the feet and other (offerings)
पाद्यादीनि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाद्य + आदि
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
प्रतिगृह्यhaving accepted/received
प्रतिगृह्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति + √ग्रह्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
पूजयाwith worship/honour
पूजया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
परयाsupreme, excellent
परया:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
अर्चयन्he worships/honours
अर्चयन्:
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
भ
भीष्म (Bhīṣma)प
पाद्य (pādya—foot-washing water, as an object of hospitality)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
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.
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.