Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

अमोघतेजास्त्वं देव देवी चेयमुमा तथा

Transliteration

amoghatejās tvaṃ deva devī ceyam umā tathā

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「おお神よ、あなたの威光は決して空しくならない。ここにおられる女神ウマーもまた同じである。」

Word by Word

• अमोघतेजाः: of unfailing splendor/energy
• अमोघतेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघतेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• देव: O god
• देव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उमा: Umā (Pārvatī)
• उमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Deva (Śiva)
• Devī Umā (Pārvatī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence for divine power as inherently unfailing (amogha) and recognizes the shared, complementary potency of the divine couple—Śiva and Umā—implying that spiritual authority and protection arise from alignment with divinity and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is speaking in a didactic section of the Anuśāsana Parva, offering praise/affirmation of the deity addressed as Deva (understood as Śiva) and of Devī Umā, emphasizing their invincible radiance and status.