Shloka 37

Draupadī Meets Kṛṣṇa’s Queens — Narratives of the Lord’s Marriages and the Queens’ Bhakti

Devanagari script

पिता मे पूजयामास सुहृत्सम्बन्धिबान्धवान् । महार्हवासोऽलङ्कारै: शय्यासनपरिच्छदै: ॥ ३७ ॥

Transliteration

pitā me pūjayām āsa suhṛt-sambandhi-bāndhavān mahārha-vāso-’laṅkāraiḥ śayyāsana-paricchadaiḥ

Translation

わが父は友人・親族・姻戚を、無価の衣と宝飾、さらに王の寝台や玉座などの調度をもって厚く敬いもてなした。

Synonyms

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• पूजयाम्: honoured/worshipped
• पूजयाम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (Causative) + लिट्-परिप्रयोग (periphrastic perfect) का अङ्ग; ‘पूजयाम्’ (causative stem used with ‘आस’)

• आस: did (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परिप्रयोग-सहायक (auxiliary)

• सुहृत्-सम्बन्धि-बान्धवान्: friends, relations, and kinsmen
• सुहृत्-सम्बन्धि-बान्धवान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्बन्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—‘सुहृदः च सम्बन्धिनः च बान्धवाः च’

• महा-अर्ह-वासः-अलङ्कारैः: with precious garments and ornaments
• महा-अर्ह-वासः-अलङ्कारैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अलङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः—‘महार्हवासांसि च अलङ्काराः च’ (with costly garments and ornaments)

• शय्या-आसन-परिच्छदैः: with beds, seats, and furnishings
• शय्या-आसन-परिच्छदैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः—‘शय्याः च आसनानि च परिच्छदाः च’ (with beds, seats, and furnishings)

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Bhīṣmaka (Rukmiṇī’s father)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about honoring guests and relatives?

This verse describes exemplary dharma: Rukmiṇī recalls how her father respectfully honored friends, relatives, and kinsmen with precious clothing, ornaments, and proper accommodations.

Why does Rukmini mention her father’s hospitality to Krishna?

In the Kurukṣetra reunion context, Rukmiṇī recounts family conduct and past events, highlighting the cultured, dharmic atmosphere of her home and the honor shown to well-wishers and relations.

Practical application of atithi-seva (hospitality) in modern life?

Offer sincere respect, appropriate comfort, and thoughtful care to guests and family—according to one’s means—seeing such service as a dharmic and devotional act.