Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 88 Shloka 87 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 87

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

द्विजवरो! सुवर्ण सम्पूर्ण पवित्र वस्तुओंमें अतिशय पवित्र है; उसे अग्नि और सोमरूप बताया गया है ।।

Transliteration

Vasiṣṭha uvāca: Dvijavara! suvarṇa-sampūrṇaṃ pavitra-vastūnāṃ madhye ’tiśayaṃ pavitram; tad agni-soma-rūpaṃ proktaṃ. Api cedam purā Rāma śrutaṃ me brahma-darśanam—pitāmahasya yad vṛttaṃ Brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ; tat te ’haṃ kathayiṣyāmi, śṛṇu.

Translation

वसिष्ठ म्हणाले—हे द्विजवर! पूर्ण शुद्ध सुवर्ण पवित्र वस्तूंमध्ये अत्यंत पवित्र आहे; ते अग्नी व सोमस्वरूप मानले जाते. आणि हे राम (परशुराम)! ‘ब्रह्मदर्शन’ नावाचा जो प्राचीन वृत्तांत—परमात्मा पितामह ब्रह्माचा—मी पूर्वी ऐकला होता, तो तुला सांगतो; ऐक.

Word by Word

द्विजवरःO best of the twice-born (brahmin)

सुवर्णम्gold

सम्पूर्णम्complete, full

पवित्रवस्तुषुamong pure objects

अतिशयम्exceedingly, especially

पवित्रम्pure, purifying

अस्तिis

तम्that (it/him)

अग्निरूपम्having the form of Agni

सोमरूपम्having the form of Soma

बतायाsaid/declared (Hindi gloss)

गयाwent (auxiliary in Hindi gloss)

वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha

उवाचsaid

अपिalso, moreover

चand

इदम्this

पुराformerly, long ago

रामO Rāma (Paraśurāma)

श्रुतम्heard

मेby me / of me

ब्रह्मदर्शनम्the account called ‘Brahma-darśana’ / vision of Brahman

पितामहस्यof the Grandfather (Brahmā)

यत्which

वृत्तम्account, narrative

ब्रह्मणःof Brahman / of Brahmā

परमात्मनःof the Supreme Self

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Paramātman

Agni

Soma

Suvarṇa (gold)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes