Shloka 6

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

Devanagari script

तेन रूपेण तेषां च पूजां गृह्नामि तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

tena rūpeṇa teṣāṃ ca pūjāṃ gṛhṇāmi tattvataḥ

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—అదే రూపంలో నేను వారి పూజను తత్త్వతః, యథార్థంగా స్వీకరిస్తాను.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that (form/means)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रूपेण: by/with (that) form
• रूपेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them / for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• पूजाम्: worship / honor / offering
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गृह्णामि: I accept / I receive
• गृह्णामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्त्वतः: in truth / truly / as it really is
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्वतः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• those (teṣām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That worship is accepted according to its true essence—i.e., the sincerity and intended form behind the act—rather than merely its outward display.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma, states that he (as the speaker within the teaching context) accepts the worship offered by people in the very form in which it is presented, and does so ‘in truth’—emphasizing the inner reality of the offering.