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 said: “Here, together with your brothers, offer the rites of satisfaction to the Pitṛs and to the gods. O king, O Bhārata—having seen this, and also the sandy-eyed (sandy-hued) one, act accordingly.”

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र
• Form: indeclinable (place adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine/feminine, nominative, singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: indeclinable (preposition-like)

• सोदर्याः: with (your) sisters
• सोदर्याः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोदर्य
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (manes)
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• तर्पय: satisfy/propitiate (by offerings)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: loṭ (imperative), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा-न्त (absolutive/gerund), indeclinable

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सिकताक्षम्: one whose eyes are sandy/gritty (sand-eyed)
• सिकताक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिकताक्ष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasa
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devas (gods)
• Bhārata (addressed king/descendant of Bharata)
• Sikatākṣa (epithet/person referenced)

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).