Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अत्र त्वं सह सोदर्य: पितृन्‌ देवांश्व॒ तर्पय । एतद्‌ दृष्टवा महीपाल सिकताक्षं च भारत

Transliteration

atra tvaṃ saha sodaryāḥ pitṝn devāṃś ca tarpayā | etad dṛṣṭvā mahīpāla sikatākṣaṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

Lomasa berkata: “Di sini, bersama saudara-saudaramu, persembahkan tarpaṇa—ritus pemuasan—bagi para Pitṛ dan para dewa. Wahai raja, wahai Bhārata—setelah melihat tempat ini dan juga tīrtha ‘Sikatākṣa’, bertindaklah sebagaimana mestinya.”

Word by Word

अत्रhere

त्वम्you

सहtogether with

सोदर्याःwith (your) sisters

पितॄन्the ancestors (manes)

देवान्the gods

चand

तर्पयsatisfy/propitiate (by offerings)

एतत्this

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

महीपालO king (protector of the earth)

सिकताक्षम्one whose eyes are sandy/gritty (sand-eyed)

चand

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasa

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Devas (gods)

Bhārata (addressed king/descendant of Bharata)

Sikatākṣa (epithet/person referenced)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic conduct through ritual responsibility: a king, along with his brothers, should honor ancestors (Pitṛs) and gods by performing tarpaṇa, reinforcing gratitude, continuity of lineage, and reverence for divine order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomasa instructs the addressed Bhārata king to perform offerings of satisfaction to the ancestors and gods at that place, indicating a moment within the forest/pilgrimage context where proper rites are to be carried out after witnessing a particular sign or person (referred to by the epithet sikatākṣa).