Shloka 63

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

प्रसाद्य शिरसा सर्वे रुद्रमूचुर्भगूद्वह । अयं॑ समागमो देव देव्या सह तवानघ

Transliteration

prasādya śirasā sarve rudram ūcur bhagūdvaḥ | ayaṁ samāgamo deva devyā saha tavānagha ||

Translation

彼らは皆、頭を垂れて恭しく礼拝し、ルドラに申し上げた。「おお神よ、罪なき御方よ。この集いは、女神とともに、あなたのために成ったのです。」

Word by Word

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated / having pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (प्र + सद्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

• शिरसा: with (their) head; by bowing the head
• शिरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Shiva)
• रुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऊचुः: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• भग-उद्वह: O bearer of fortune/splendour (epithet)
• भग-उद्वह: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् + उद्वह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समागमः: meeting / union / coming together
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• देव्या: with the goddess
• देव्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rudra (Shiva)
• Devi (the Goddess, consort of Shiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights bhakti expressed through humility: approaching the divine by bowing the head and speaking with reverence, acknowledging the sacred presence of Rudra along with the Goddess.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group (unnamed here) respectfully bows and addresses Rudra, stating that this assembly has convened for him, together with the Goddess—framing the moment as a formal, devotional gathering.