Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मम त्वं निलयं प्राप्त: प्रियातिथिरनिन्दित: । पूजितो यास्यसि प्रातर्विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा,आप मेरे घर आये हुए प्रिय एवं उत्तम अतिथि हैं। मैं शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार आज आपकी पूजा करूँगा। रातमें मेरा आतिथ्य स्वीकार करके कल प्रातःकाल यहाँसे जाइयेगा

Transliteration

mama tvaṁ nilayaṁ prāptaḥ priyātithir aninditaḥ | pūjito yāsyasi prātar vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ||

Translation

Engkau telah tiba di kediamanku sebagai tamu yang terkasih dan tak bercela. Menurut tata cara yang ditetapkan śāstra, akan kuhormati engkau dengan pemujaan yang semestinya; terimalah jamuanku malam ini, dan berangkatlah esok pagi dari sini.

Word by Word

ममof me / my

त्वम्you

निलयम्abode, house

प्राप्तःhaving arrived

प्रियdear, beloved

अतिथिःguest

अनिन्दितःblameless, irreproachable

पूजितःhaving been honored/worshipped

यास्यसिyou will go

प्रातःin the morning

विधि-दृष्टेनby the method prescribed (by rule/scripture)

कर्मणाby an act/rite

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

guest (atithi)

Bhishma's dwelling (nilaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds atithi-dharma: a guest who arrives at one’s home is to be treated as worthy of honor, and hospitality should be offered according to prescribed righteous conduct (vidhi), not merely personal preference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses a visitor who has come to his residence, acknowledges him as a welcome and blameless guest, promises to perform the proper rites of reception and worship, and asks him to stay the night and leave the next morning.