Shloka 201

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दी श्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च

Transliteration

devasya ca guhasyāpi devyā nandīśvarasya ca | baliṁ suvihitaṁ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଦେବ ଗୁହଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ, ଦେବୀଙ୍କୁ ଓ ନନ୍ଦୀଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କୁ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ବଲି ସୁଯଥା ଅର୍ପଣ କରି, ପରେ ଦମ (ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟନିଗ୍ରହ) ଓ ନିୟମ (ଶାସନ) ସହ ଆଚରଣ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• गुहस्य: of Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• गुहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• देव्या: by/with the goddess
• देव्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• नन्दीश्वरस्य: of Nandīśvara
• नन्दीश्वरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दीश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• बलिम्: offering/oblation
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुविहितम्: well-arranged/properly prescribed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-विहित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• दमेन: by self-control
• दमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नियमेन: by observance/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Devī (the Goddess)
• Nandīśvara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Proper worship and ethical practice must go together: ritual offerings (bali) are to be performed correctly, and one’s conduct should be governed by dama (self-restraint) and niyama (disciplined observance).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a prescribed sequence of honoring specific deities—Guha, the Goddess, and Nandīśvara—through duly arranged offerings, emphasizing that the practitioner should maintain restraint and disciplined practice while undertaking the rite.