Shloka 28

The Brāhmaṇas’ Wives Blessed (Brāhmaṇa-patnī-prasāda) — Ritualism Humbled by Bhakti

Devanagari script

तद् यात देवयजनं पतयो वो द्विजातय: । स्वसत्रं पारयिष्यन्ति युष्माभिर्गृहमेधिन: ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

tad yāta deva-yajanaṁ patayo vo dvijātayaḥ sva-satraṁ pārayiṣyanti yuṣmābhir gṛha-medhinaḥ

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങൾ യാഗശാലയിലേക്കു മടങ്ങുക. നിങ്ങളുടെ ഭർത്താക്കന്മാർ പണ്ഡിതരായ ദ്വിജ ബ്രാഹ്മണ ഗൃഹസ്ഥരാണ്; നിങ്ങളുടെ സഹായത്തോടെ അവർ തങ്ങളുടെ യാഗങ്ങൾ പൂർത്തിയാക്കും.

Synonyms

• तत्: then / therefore
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial ‘then/therefore’)

• यात: go
• यात: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवयजनम्: the sacrifice for the gods
• देवयजनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयजन (प्रातिपदिक: देव+यजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पतयः: husbands
• पतयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• वः: of you
• वः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th, Genitive), बहुवचन

• द्विजातयः: the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजातयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक: द्वि+जाति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• स्वसत्रम्: their own sacrificial session
• स्वसत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसत्र (प्रातिपदिक: स्व+सत्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पारयिष्यन्ति: will complete
• पारयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पारय् (धातु; causative of √पॄ/√पॄ ‘to carry across/complete’)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• युष्माभिः: by you
• युष्माभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd, Instrumental), बहुवचन

• गृहमेधिनः: householders
• गृहमेधिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहमेधिन् (प्रातिपदिक: गृह+मेधिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• wives of the brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇas (dvijātayaḥ)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about completing yajna (sacrifice) in Canto 10?

In this verse, Kṛṣṇa points out that the brāhmaṇas, being householders performing a sacrificial session, can properly complete their rite with the appropriate support of their wives—showing how yajña is sustained within gṛhastha life.

Why did Krishna tell the wives of the brāhmaṇas to go to the place of sacrifice?

Kṛṣṇa instructs them to return to the sacrificial arena so their husbands may finish the ongoing satra, indicating that their presence and cooperation are part of the householders’ proper execution of Vedic duties.

Practical application of this Bhagavatam verse in modern life?

Support sacred responsibilities as a team—family members can help one another complete duties in a spirit of devotion, making religious practice steady, cooperative, and sincere rather than merely formal.