Shloka 33
Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
पारक्ये भूमिदेशे तु पितृणां निर्वपेत् तु यः
Transliteration
pārakye bhūmideśe tu pitṝṇāṃ nirvapet tu yaḥ
Translation
ビーシュマは言った。「他人の地、あるいは異国の地にあっても、祖霊（ピトリ pitṛs）への定められた供養を行う者は……。」
Word by Word
पारक्येin another's/foreign
पारक्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपारक्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भूमिदेशेin a land/region
भूमिदेशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमिदेश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पितृणाम्of/for the ancestors
पितृणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
निर्वपेत्should offer/scatter (as an oblation)
निर्वपेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्वप् (नि + वप्)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तुindeed/also
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaP
pitṛs (ancestors)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even when one is in a foreign or another’s territory, one should not neglect one’s duty to the ancestors; prescribed pitṛ-offerings remain a continuing obligation and a marker of dharma.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he begins stating a rule concerning the performance of ancestral offerings (pitṛ-kriyā/śrāddha) when a person is away from their own homeland, setting up the consequences or merits that follow.