Shloka 15

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

कथं भागहराः प्रोक्ता देवता: क्रतुषु द्विज । किमर्थ चाध्वरे ब्रद्मृन्निज्यन्ते त्रेदिवीकस:

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca | kathaṁ bhāgaharāḥ proktā devatāḥ kratuṣu dvija | kimarthaṁ cādhvare brahman ijyante traidivikāḥ ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਦ੍ਵਿਜਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ! ਯੱਗਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਭਾਗ-ਹਰ (ਭਾਗ ਦੇ ਹੱਕਦਾਰ) ਕਿਉਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ? ਅਤੇ ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ! ਤ੍ਰਿਦਿਵ-ਵਾਸੀ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਅਧਵਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਿਉਂ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ?

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• भागहराः: share-takers (receivers of offerings)
• भागहराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागहर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रोक्ताः: said/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रतुषु: in sacrifices
• क्रतुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अर्थम्: purpose/reason
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice (adhvara)
• अध्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Vocative, Singular

• निज्यन्ते: are worshipped/are offered to
• Type: Verb
• Root: निज्
• Form: Lat (present), Atmanepada, Third, Plural, Passive/impersonal usage (are worshipped/are offered to)

• त्रैदिवीकाः: heavenly (belonging to the gods)
• त्रैदिवीकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैदिवीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• devatāḥ (the gods/deities)
• dvija (Brahmin interlocutor)