Shloka 49

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

हव्यकव्येषु यज्ञेषु पितृकार्येषु चैव ह । सार्वकामिकमक्षय्यं पितृंस्तस्योपतिष्ठते

Transliteration

havyakavyeṣu yajñeṣu pitṛkāryeṣu caiva ha | sārvakāmikam akṣayyaṁ pitṝṁs tasyopatiṣṭhate puruṣasiṁha ||

Translation

ହେ ପୁରୁଷସିଂହ! ହବ୍ୟ-କବ୍ୟ ଅର୍ପଣ ହେଉଥିବା ଯଜ୍ଞମାନଙ୍କରେ ଓ ପିତୃକାର୍ଯ୍ୟର ସମସ୍ତ କ୍ରିୟାରେ ଏହି (କୀର୍ତ୍ତନ) ସାର୍ବକାମିକ ଓ ଅକ୍ଷୟ ଫଳଦାୟକ; ଏପରି ଭକ୍ତିସହ କରାଯାଇଥିବା ଅର୍ପଣ ଅକ୍ଷୟ ଲାଭ ହୋଇ ପିତୃମାନଙ୍କୁ ପହଞ୍ଚେ।

Word by Word

• हव्यकव्येषु: in (the offerings) havya and kavya
• हव्यकव्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यकव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• यज्ञेषु: in sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पितृकार्येषु: in rites for the ancestors
• पितृकार्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• सार्वकामिकम्: fulfilling all desires
• सार्वकामिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वकामिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्षय्यम्: imperishable
• अक्षय्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उपतिष्ठते: attends upon / reaches / is present to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• पुरुषसिंह: O lion among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• havya
• kavya
• yajña
• pitṛkārya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That offerings made in yajña and śrāddha, when accompanied by devoted remembrance/recitation and focused mind, become akṣayya (undiminishing) and effectively reach the Pitṛs, yielding broad, wish-fulfilling merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing the listener (addressed as ‘puruṣasiṁha’) about the religious efficacy of performing ancestral rites and sacrificial offerings with proper recitation: such acts are said to deliver inexhaustible benefit to the ancestors and confer purifying merit on the performer.