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Shloka 49

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

हव्यकव्येषु यज्ञेषु पितृकार्येषु चैव ह । सार्वकामिकमक्षय्यं पितृंस्तस्योपतिष्ठते

havyakavyeṣu yajñeṣu pitṛkāryeṣu caiva ha | sārvakāmikam akṣayyaṁ pitṝṁs tasyopatiṣṭhate puruṣasiṁha ||

Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “O leon sa mga tao, sa mga sakripisyong may handog na havya, sa mga ritwal para sa mga ninuno na may kavya, at sa lahat ng gawang iniaalay sa mga Pitṛ, ang pagbigkas at pag-alaala nito ay nagiging pangkalahatang tumutupad ng mga hangarin at di-nauubos ang bunga. Ang mga handog na iniaalay nang may ganitong nakatuong debosyon ay makararating sa mga ninuno bilang pakinabang na di-nababawasan, na makatutupad sa lahat ng makatarungang pagnanasa.”

हव्यकव्येषुin (the offerings) havya and kavya
हव्यकव्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यकव्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
यज्ञेषुin sacrifices
यज्ञेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
पितृकार्येषुin rites for the ancestors
पितृकार्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृकार्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सार्वकामिकम्fulfilling all desires
सार्वकामिकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसार्वकामिक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अक्षय्यम्imperishable
अक्षय्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पितॄन्the ancestors
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तस्यof him/of that (person)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
उपतिष्ठतेattends upon / reaches / is present to
उपतिष्ठते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-स्था
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
पुरुषसिंहO lion among men
पुरुषसिंह:
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषसिंह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
H
havya
K
kavya
Y
yajña
P
pitṛkārya

Educational Q&A

That offerings made in yajña and śrāddha, when accompanied by devoted remembrance/recitation and focused mind, become akṣayya (undiminishing) and effectively reach the Pitṛs, yielding broad, wish-fulfilling merit.

Bhīṣma is instructing the listener (addressed as ‘puruṣasiṁha’) about the religious efficacy of performing ancestral rites and sacrificial offerings with proper recitation: such acts are said to deliver inexhaustible benefit to the ancestors and confer purifying merit on the performer.