Shloka 10

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement

Devanagari script

उपानहौ च च्छत्र॑ च प्रतिगृह्मौर्ध्वदेहिके । जपेच्छतं समायुक्तस्तेन मुच्येत पाप्मना

Transliteration

upānahau ca chatraṁ ca pratigṛhṇyād ūrdhvadehike | japec chataṁ samāyuktas tena mucyeta pāpmanā ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ശ്രാദ്ധത്തിലെ ഊർധ്വദേഹിക കർമത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ചെരിപ്പും കുടയും പ്രതിഗ്രഹമായി സ്വീകരിച്ചാൽ, മനസ്സിനെ ഏകാഗ്രമാക്കി ഗായത്രി മന്ത്രം നൂറു പ്രാവശ്യം ജപിക്കണം; ആ ജപംകൊണ്ട് ആ പ്രതിഗ്രഹജന്യ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചനം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• उपानहौ: a pair of shoes/sandals
• उपानहौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानह् (प्रातिपदिक: उपानह्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

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

• छत्रम्: umbrella
• छत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक: छत्र)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रतिगृह्य: having accepted (as a gift)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह् (धातु: ग्रह्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), non-finite

• ऊर्ध्वदेहिके: in/at the post-funeral rites (ūrdhva-dehika) (context: regarding such rites)
• ऊर्ध्वदेहिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वदेहिक (प्रातिपदिक: ऊर्ध्वदेहिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Dual

• जपेत्: should recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु: जप्)
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शतम्: a hundred (times)
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक: शत)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समायुक्तः: concentrated/collected (in mind), properly engaged
• समायुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-युक्त (धातु: युज्; कृदन्त: क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by that (act/means)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम: तद्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मुच्येत: would be freed / should be released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु: मुच्)
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive sense

• पाप्मना: from sin/evil (taint)
• पाप्मना: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक: पाप्मन्)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• upānahau (footwear)
• chatra (umbrella)
• Gāyatrī-mantra
• ūrdhva-dehika (funeral śrāddha rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a socially permitted act (accepting certain items during funeral-related rites) risks ritual-ethical taint, one should neutralize that fault through disciplined inner practice—here, one hundred recitations of the Gāyatrī with focused mind—showing how dharma integrates external conduct with internal purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma and expiations, he specifies a practical remedy: if a person accepts footwear and an umbrella as part of ūrdhva-dehika/śrāddha-related receiving, they should perform a set amount of Gāyatrī-japa to be freed from the sin associated with such acceptance (pratigraha).