Next Verse

Shloka 1

अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः

The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī

ऑऔपनआक्ाा बछ। अर: द्विनवतितमो< ध्याय: पितर और देवताओंका श्राद्धान्नले अजीर्ण होकर ब्रद्माजीके पास जाना और अग्निके द्वारा अजीर्णका निवारण, श्राद्धसे तृप्त हुए पितरोंका आशीर्वाद भीष्म उवाच तथा निमीौ प्रवृत्ते तु सर्व एव महर्षय: । पितृयज्ञं तु कुर्वन्ति विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठटिर! इस प्रकार जब महर्षि निमि पहले-पहल श्राद्धमें प्रवृत्त हुए, उसके बाद सभी महर्षि शास्त्रविधिके अनुसार पितृयज्ञका अनुष्ठान करने लगे

bhīṣma uvāca | tathā nimau pravṛtte tu sarva eva maharṣayaḥ | pitṛyajñaṃ tu kurvanti vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ||

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—యుధిష్ఠిరా! ఈ విధంగా రాజు నిమి మొదట శ్రాద్ధాచారాన్ని ప్రారంభించిన తరువాత, సమస్త మహర్షులు శాస్త్రవిధి ప్రకారం పితృయజ్ఞాన్ని ఆచరించసాగారు।

तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
निमौin (the case of) Nimi
निमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिमि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रवृत्तेhaving begun / engaged (in)
प्रवृत्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रवृत्त
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
महर्षयःgreat sages
महर्षयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पितृयज्ञम्the ancestral sacrifice (rite for the Pitṛs)
पितृयज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तुand/but (emphatic)
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कुर्वन्तिthey perform
कुर्वन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
विधिदृष्टेनas prescribed by rule / seen in the injunctions
विधिदृष्टेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootविधिदृष्ट
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
कर्मणाby (the proper) act/ritual procedure
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
Y
Yudhishthira
N
Nimi
M
Maharshis (sages)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors/manes)
P
Pitṛ-yajña (ancestral rite)

Educational Q&A

That pitṛ-yajña (ancestral offerings) should be performed in accordance with scriptural injunction (vidhi), and that exemplary beginnings by a righteous figure (here, Nimi) can establish a dharmic practice that others follow.

Bhishma explains to Yudhishthira that once Nimi initiated the practice of śrāddha/pitṛ-yajña, the great sages subsequently undertook the ancestral rite as well, performing it according to the prescribed ritual rules.