Shloka 33

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

स चम्पां नगरीमेत्य पुष्पाणि गुरवे ददौ । पूजयामास च गुरुं विधिवत्‌ स गुरुप्रिय:,चम्पानगरीमें जाकर गुरुप्रेमी विपुलने वे फूल गुरुजीको अर्पित कर दिये और उनका विधिपूर्वक पूजन किया

Transliteration

sa campāṃ nagarīm etya puṣpāṇi gurave dadau | pūjayāmāsa ca guruṃ vidhivat sa gurupriyaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma berkata: “Setibanya di kota Campā, Vipula, murid yang berbakti, mempersembahkan bunga-bunga itu kepada gurunya; dan kerana dia dikasihi gurunya, dia memuja gurunya menurut tata cara yang ditetapkan.”

Word by Word

सःhe

चम्पाम्Champā (city-name)

नगरीम्city

एत्यhaving gone (to)

पुष्पाणिflowers

गुरवेto the teacher

ददौgave

पूजयामासworshipped/honoured

चand

गुरुम्the teacher

विधिवत्according to rule/ritually

सःhe

गुरुप्रियःdear to the teacher / teacher-loving

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Campā (city)

guru (teacher)

puṣpa (flowers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is expressed through humble service and proper reverence to one’s teacher: offering what one has (here, flowers) and honouring the guru according to prescribed conduct (vidhivat) cultivates discipline, gratitude, and ethical character.

What is happening in the narrative?

A devoted person travels to the city of Campā, presents flowers to his teacher, and performs formal worship of the guru in the correct manner, showing his devotion and the teacher-student ideal.