Shloka 145

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त:ः स तदा तैस्तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामह: । तथेत्येवाब्रवीत्‌ प्रीतस्तेडपि जग्मुर्यथागतम्‌

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tadā tais tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tathety evābravīt prītas te 'pi jagmur yathāgatam ||

Translation

جب دیوتاؤں نے یوں عرض کیا تو لوک پِتامہ برہما خوش ہو کر بولے—“تَتھاستُو (ایسا ہی ہو)۔” اس کے بعد دیوتا جیسے آئے تھے ویسے ہی واپس چلے گئے۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकपितामहः: the grandsire of the worlds
• लोकपितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगतम्: having come; as they had come
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Brahmā
• Devatāḥ (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A righteous petition receives divine affirmation; Brahmā’s “tathāstu” represents the stabilizing power of sanctioned truth and dharma, after which the gods withdraw, their purpose fulfilled.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods have spoken to Brahmā; he responds with pleased assent—“So be it”—and then the gods depart, returning as they had come.