Shanti Parva Adhyaya 265 Shloka 48 - Mahabharata | Burmese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 48

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

स मया सान्त्वितो वाग्भि: स्वागतेनाभिपूजित: । अर्घ्य॑ पाद्यं यथान्यायं मया च प्रतिपादित:

Transliteration

sa mayā sāntvito vāgbhiḥ svāgatenābhipūjitaḥ | arghya-pādyaṃ yathānyāyaṃ mayā ca pratipāditaḥ ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– «ငါသည် သူ့ကို နူးညံ့သောစကားများဖြင့် သက်သာစေကာ သင့်တော်သောအလေးအနက်ဖြင့် ကြိုဆိုဂုဏ်ပြု하였다။ သတ်မှတ်ထားသောထုံးတမ်းအတိုင်း အရ္ဃျ (ဂုဏ်ပြုရေ) နှင့် ပါဒျ (ခြေလျှော်ရေ) ကို ပူဇော်ကာ ငါကိုယ်တိုင် လေးစားပူဇော်ရာ အခမ်းအနားများကို စည်းကမ်းတကျ ဆောင်ရွက်하였다»။

Word by Word

सःhe

मयाby me

सान्त्वितःconsoled, soothed

वाग्भिःwith words

स्वागतेनwith welcome (greeting)

अभिपूजितःhonoured, duly worshipped

अर्घ्यम्arghya-offering (honorary oblation)

पाद्यम्water for washing the feet

यथाas, according to

न्यायम्rule, proper procedure

मयाby me

चand

प्रतिपादितःoffered, presented

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

guest (implied: Indra in the surrounding narrative)

arghya

pādya

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?

The verse upholds atithi-dharma: a householder should receive a guest with soothing speech, respectful welcome, and the customary offerings (arghya, pādya) performed according to proper rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates how he received an honored visitor: he reassured him with kind words, welcomed him, and formally offered arghya and pādya as part of the prescribed ritual of guest-reception.