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Shloka 107

Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas

Devanagari script

देवेभ्यस्तु हुतादन्नाच्छेषाद् भूतबलिं हरेत् / भूतयज्ञः स वै ज्ञेयो भूतिदः सर्वदेहिनाम्

Transliteration

devebhyastu hutādannāccheṣād bhūtabaliṃ haret / bhūtayajñaḥ sa vai jñeyo bhūtidaḥ sarvadehinām

Translation

После того как пища принесена в священный огонь богам, из остатка следует отделить подношение (bali) для живых существ. Это и есть Бхута-ягья (Bhūta-yajña), дарующая благо всем воплощённым.

Word by Word
devebhyaḥto the gods
devebhyaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन
tuindeed; then
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) ‘but/indeed’
hutātfrom (what has been) offered
hutāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/source)
TypeAdjective
Roothuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), from √hu; Neuter, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; with ‘annāt’ in compound sense
annātfrom the food
annāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/source)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
śeṣātfrom the remainder
śeṣāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/source)
TypeNoun
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; ‘from the remainder’
bhūta-balimoffering for living beings
bhūta-balim:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta + bali (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘bhūtānām baliḥ’ (offering for beings)
haretshould offer / should take (and place)
haret:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothṛ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
bhūta-yajñaḥthe bhūta-sacrifice (offering to beings)
bhūta-yajñaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘bhūtānām yajñaḥ’
saḥthat
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, प्रथमा, एकवचन; pronoun referring to ‘bhūtayajñaḥ’
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
jñeyaḥto be known (as)
jñeyaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्/यत्), Masculine, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be known/recognized’
bhūtidaḥgiver of welfare/prosperity
bhūtidaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūti + da (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष ‘bhūtiṃ dadāti’ (giver of welfare)
sarva-dehināmof all embodied beings
sarva-dehinām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva + dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘sarveṣāṃ dehinām’ (of all embodied beings)
Speaker

Narratorial instruction within the Dharma-teaching context (Kurma Purana’s dharma discourse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
D
Deva
B
Bhūta (living beings)

FAQs

Indirectly, by grounding spiritual life in dharma: honoring the divine (devas) and caring for embodied beings supports inner purity (śuddhi), which is a prerequisite for realizing the Self taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana’s higher instruction.

The verse highlights karma-yoga in the form of daily discipline: offerings to devas followed by compassionate bali for beings. Such regulated, non-harming conduct stabilizes the mind and supports later yogic practices (dhyāna, vairāgya) emphasized in Kurma Purana traditions.

It reflects the Purana’s integrative ethos: devotion expressed through yajña and compassion is presented as universally dharmic rather than sectarian, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where right action supports realization of the one Supreme.

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