Shloka 153

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा चैनं महात्मानमातिथ्येनाभ्यपूजयत्‌ । तदनन्तर बकराज यथोचित रीतिसे ब्रह्माजीकी सभामें गया और ब्रह्माजीने उस महात्माका आतिथ्य-सत्कार किया

Transliteration

brahmā cainaṁ mahātmānam ātithyenābhyapūjayat |

Translation

ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະພຣົມ (ພຣະບຣະຫມາ) ໄດ້ນັບຖືບຸກຄົນຜູ້ມີຈິດໃຈຍິ່ງນັ້ນເປັນແຂກ ແລະ ຕ້ອນຮັບດ້ວຍອາຕິຖະຍະທຳ ຢ່າງສົມຄວນ. ຕໍ່ມາ ພຣະຣາຊາບະກະ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄປຍັງສະພາຂອງພຣະພຣົມຕາມພິທີອັນເໝາະສົມ ແລະ ພຣະພຣົມກໍໄດ້ປະກອບການຕ້ອນຮັບ-ສັກກາລະແກ່ມະຫາອາດມານັ້ນ; ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ແມ່ນແຕ່ອໍານາດສູງສຸດກໍຍັງຮັກສາທຳແຫ່ງການຕ້ອນຮັບແຂກ ແລະ ການເຄົາລົບຜູ້ຄວນເຄົາລົບ.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतिथ्येन: with hospitality
• आतिथ्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यपूजयत्: honoured / worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā
• mahātmā (unnamed great-souled guest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ātithi-dharma: honoring a worthy guest is a fundamental ethical duty, upheld even by Brahmā himself, implying that social and spiritual order rests on reverence, humility, and proper reception of the virtuous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that a great-souled figure arrives before Brahmā, and Brahmā receives him according to proper custom, offering hospitality and honor in his assembly.