Shloka 18

Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)

Devanagari script

यस्मिज्जनो हव्यभुजं जुहोति गोब्राह्मणं चार्चति देवताश्च । काले च पुष्पैर्बलय: क्रियन्ते तस्मिन्‌ गृहे नित्यमुपैमि वासम्‌

Transliteration

yasmin jano havyabhujaṁ juhoti gobrāhmaṇaṁ cārcati devatāś ca | kāle ca puṣpair balayaḥ kriyante tasmin gṛhe nityam upaimi vāsam ||

Translation

ఏ ఇంటిలో ప్రజలు హవ్యభుజుడైన అగ్నిలో ఆహుతులు సమర్పిస్తారో, గోవును మరియు బ్రాహ్మణుని గౌరవించి అర్చిస్తారో, దేవతలను పూజిస్తారో, అలాగే కాలానుగుణంగా పుష్పాలతో బలి-ఉపహారాలు సమర్పిస్తారో—ఆ ఇంటిలోనే నేను నిత్యం నివసించుటకు వచ్చెదను.

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जनः: a person/people
• जनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यभुजम्: the oblation-eater (Agni)
• हव्यभुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यभुज्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जुहोति: offers (into fire)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गोब्राह्मणम्: cows and Brahmins
• गोब्राह्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अर्चति: worships
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• काले: at the proper time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बलयः: offerings (bali-offerings)
• बलयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रियन्ते: are performed/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Passive (Karmani)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गृहे: house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• उपैमि: I go/approach
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासम्: dwelling/residence
• वासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (havyabhuj)
• cow (go)
• brāhmaṇa
• deities (devatāḥ)
• household/home (gṛha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Auspiciousness and well-being abide in a home that sustains daily sacred duty: offerings to Agni, reverence for cows and brāhmaṇas, worship of the gods, and timely ritual offerings. The verse links ethical reverence and disciplined observance with the ‘residence’ of prosperity/fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he describes the kind of household where auspicious presence (often understood as Śrī/Lakṣmī in the broader passage) naturally dwells—one marked by sacrifice, worship, and respect for key pillars of social-religious order.