Shloka 11

Kuru Prosperity under Bhīṣma and the Succession of Pāṇḍu (कुरुराष्ट्रसमृद्धिः पाण्डुराज्यप्राप्तिश्च)

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ पुरुषशार्दूले निहते भूरितेजसि । भीष्म: शान्तनवो राजा प्रेतकार्याण्यकारयत्‌,उन महान्‌ तेजस्वी पुरुषसिंह चित्रांगदके मारे जानेपर शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मने उनके प्रेतकर्म करवाये

Transliteration

tasmin puruṣaśārdūle nihate bhūritejasi | bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo rājā pretakāryāṇy akārayat ||

Translation

เมื่อจิตรางคทะ ผู้เป็นดุจพยัคฆ์ในหมู่มนุษย์และเปล่งรัศมีอันยิ่งใหญ่ถูกสังหารแล้ว ภีษมะ โอรสแห่งศานตนุ ได้ประกอบพิธีศพตามธรรมเนียมให้

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (one/occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• पुरुषशार्दूले: in the tiger among men (hero)
• पुरुषशार्दूले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषशार्दूल
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• निहते: when slain / in (him) slain
• निहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: past passive participle (kta), masculine, locative, singular

• भूरितेजसि: in (him) of great splendor
• भूरितेजसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरितेजस्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शान्तनवः: son of Shantanu
• शान्तनवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रेतकार्याणि: funeral rites (acts for the departed)
• प्रेतकार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतकार्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• अकारयत्: caused to be performed / had (them) performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कारय् (णिच् of कृ)
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada, true

Speaker

(गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śantanu
• Citrāṅgada (implied by context as the slain hero)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma in the form of pretakārya—performing proper funerary rites for the deceased. Even after violence and loss, one must uphold social and sacred obligations that honor the dead and maintain moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

A great hero (understood in context as Citrāṅgada) has been killed. Bhīṣma, identified as Śantanu’s son and a royal figure, arranges and performs the funerary rites for the fallen person.