Shloka 22

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

कृते दैवे च पित्रये च ततस्ताभ्यां निरीक्षित: । पूजितश्वैव विधिना यथाप्रोक्तेन शास्त्रत:

Transliteration

kṛte daive ca pitrye ca tataḥ tābhyāṃ nirīkṣitaḥ | pūjitaś caiva vidhinā yathāproktena śāstrataḥ ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອພິທີບູຊາແກ່ເທວະ ແລະແກ່ປິຕຣະ (ບັນພະບຸລຸດ) ໄດ້ສຳເລັດຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງແລ້ວ, ທ່ານນັ້ນຈຶ່ງຖືກທັງສອງເຫັນ. ແລະຕາມກົດເກນທີ່ຄຳພີ (ສາດສະຕຣະ) ກຳນົດໄວ້, ທັງສອງກໍໄດ້ຕ້ອນຮັບ ແລະບູຊາທ່ານດ້ວຍພິທີອັນສົມຄວນ»។

Word by Word

• कृते: when (it was) done / after completion
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• दैवे: in/for the rite to the gods
• दैवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

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

• पित्र्ये: in/for the rite to the ancestors
• पित्र्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पित्र्य
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ताभ्याम्: by those two (by them both)
• ताभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: common, instrumental, dual

• निरीक्षितः: was seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष् (निरीक्ष्) धातु-निष्पन्न क्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, passive (past participle)

• पूजितः: was worshipped/honoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् धातु-निष्पन्न क्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, passive (past participle)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रोक्तेन: as stated/declared
• प्रोक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-वच् धातु-निष्पन्न क्त (प्रोक्त)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• शास्त्रतः: according to the scripture
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शास्त्र

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa
• Nārada
• Devas
• Pitṛs

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld through disciplined observance: even exalted beings act within śāstric injunctions—completing duties to gods and ancestors and then honoring a sage properly—showing that reverence and right procedure are integral to ethical life.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finishing worship rites for the devas and the pitṛs, Nara and Nārāyaṇa notice Nārada’s presence and receive him with due honor, performing his pūjā according to the method prescribed in the scriptures.