Shloka 153

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

तस्य चातमसो लोका गच्छत: परमां गतिम्‌ । स्वलोके राजराज्येन सो5भिषिच्येत भार्गव

Transliteration

tasya cātamaso lokā gacchataḥ paramāṁ gatim | svaloke rājarājyena so ’bhiṣicyeta bhārgava ||

Translation

तस्य चातमसो लोका गच्छतः परमां गतिम्। स्वलोके राजराज्येन सोऽभिषिच्येत भार्गव॥

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• अतमसः: free from darkness, non-dark
• अतमसः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गच्छतः: of (one) going
• गच्छतः: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परमाम्: supreme, highest
• परमाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिम्: destination, course
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वलोके: in his own world/realm
• स्वलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजराज्येन: by/with the kingship of the king of kings (imperial sovereignty)
• राजराज्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजराज्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अभिषिच्येत: would be consecrated/anointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Present-system (injunctive/optative sense)

• भार्गव: O Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• lokāḥ (radiant worlds/realms)
• paramā gati (supreme goal)
• rājarājya (sovereign kingship)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct that leads to the “supreme goal” is portrayed as yielding a luminous, darkness-free state and exalted honor; spiritual attainment is expressed through the imagery of radiant worlds and royal consecration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha addresses a Bhārgava and describes the posthumous destiny of a meritorious person: he reaches radiant realms and is symbolically anointed to sovereign status in his own heavenly sphere.