Shloka 145

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त:ः स तदा तैस्तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामह: । तथेत्येवाब्रवीत्‌ प्रीतस्तेडपि जग्मुर्यथागतम्‌

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tadā tais tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tathety evābravīt prītas te 'pi jagmur yathāgatam ||

Translation

एवमुक्तः स तदा तैर्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः प्रीतः ‘तथास्तु’ इत्येवाब्रवीत्; तेऽपि देवाः यथागतम् जग्मुः।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकपितामहः: the grandsire of the worlds
• लोकपितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगतम्: having come; as they had come
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Brahmā
• Devatāḥ (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous petition receives divine affirmation; Brahmā’s “tathāstu” represents the stabilizing power of sanctioned truth and dharma, after which the gods withdraw, their purpose fulfilled.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods have spoken to Brahmā; he responds with pleased assent—“So be it”—and then the gods depart, returning as they had come.