Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अग्निशालां प्रविश्याथ पीत्वाऽपः परिमृज्य च।आतिथ्यस्य क्रियाहेतोर्विश्वकर्माणमाह्वयत्।।।।

Transliteration

agniśālāṃ praviśyātha pītvāpaḥ parimṛjya ca | ātithyasya kriyā-hetor viśvakarmāṇam āhvayat || 2.91.11 ||

Translation

پھر وہ اگنی شالا میں داخل ہوا، آچمن کر کے اپنے آپ کو پاک کیا؛ اور مہمان نوازی کے اہتمام کی خاطر اس نے وِشوکرما کو پکارا۔

Word by Word

• agni-śālām: fire-sanctuary
• agni-śālām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘agner śālā’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• praviśya: having entered
• praviśya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √viś (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप् (absolutive), ‘having entered’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक (then)

• pītvā: having sipped
• pītvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा (absolutive), ‘having drunk/sipped’

• āpaḥ: water
• āpaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (pluralia tantum), द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• parimṛjya: having washed/wiped (hands)
• parimṛjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √mṛj (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप् (absolutive), ‘having wiped/cleansed’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• ātithyasya: of hospitality
• ātithyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātithya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• kriyā-hetoḥ: for the performance (of rites)
• kriyā-hetoḥ: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘kriyāyāḥ hetuḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (for the purpose/cause of the rite)

• viśvakarmāṇam: Viśvakarman
• viśvakarmāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āhvayat: invoked/called
• āhvayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √hve (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Context

Then Bharadwaja entered the fire sanctuary, sipped water and washed his hands with water and invoked Visvakarma to provide hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Bharadvaja

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma is practiced through disciplined preparation: hospitality is not casual but sanctified, preceded by purity and proper ritual conduct.

What is the narrative situation?

Bharadvāja prepares to host Bharata by entering the fire-sanctuary and invoking divine assistance for arrangements.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Reverence and meticulousness—Bharadvāja treats service to guests as a sacred rite.