Shloka 7

स्त्रीपर्व — नवमोऽध्यायः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra summons the Kuru women; the city departs in collective lamentation

Devanagari script

पुत्राणामथ पौत्राणां पितृणां च महीपते | आनुपूर्व्येण सर्वेषां प्रेतकार्याणि कारय,महाराज! अब आप क्रमश: अपने ताऊ, चाचा, पुत्र और पौत्रोंका मृतकसम्बन्धी कर्म करवाइये

Transliteration

putrāṇām atha pautrāṇāṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca mahīpate | ānupūrvyena sarveṣāṁ pretakāryāṇi kāraya ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、亡き者への儀礼を—正しい順序に従い、一つずつ—すべての者のために執り行わせよ。汝の子ら、孫ら、そして年長の者（父祖・祖先）すべてのために。」

Word by Word

• पुत्राणाम्: of the sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अथ: then/and now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पौत्राणाम्: of the grandsons
• पौत्राणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पितृणाम्: of the fathers/forefathers
• पितृणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• महीपते: O king (lord of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आनुपूर्व्येण: in due order/sequence
• आनुपूर्व्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनुपूर्व्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (of them)
• सर्वेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रेतकार्याणि: funeral/obsequial rites (acts for the departed)
• प्रेतकार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कारय: have (them) performed / cause to be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (णिच् causative: कारयति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by mahīpate/king)
• sons
• grandsons
• fathers/forefathers (pitṛs)
• funerary rites (pretakārya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid overwhelming grief after war, dharma requires completing obligatory rites for the departed. Performing pretakārya in proper sequence affirms responsibility to family lineage and helps restore moral and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and urges him to arrange the funerary rites for the slain members of his family—sons, grandsons, and elders—carrying out the death-related duties in due order.