Shloka 33

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

स चम्पां नगरीमेत्य पुष्पाणि गुरवे ददौ । पूजयामास च गुरुं विधिवत्‌ स गुरुप्रिय:,चम्पानगरीमें जाकर गुरुप्रेमी विपुलने वे फूल गुरुजीको अर्पित कर दिये और उनका विधिपूर्वक पूजन किया

Transliteration

sa campāṃ nagarīm etya puṣpāṇi gurave dadau | pūjayāmāsa ca guruṃ vidhivat sa gurupriyaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: “Đến thành Campā, Vipula—người đệ tử một lòng kính mến thầy—đã dâng những đóa hoa ấy lên đạo sư, rồi theo đúng nghi lễ mà phụng thờ, bởi chàng vốn được thầy yêu quý.”

Word by Word

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

• चम्पाम्: Champā (city-name)
• चम्पाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नगरीम्: city
• नगरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एत्य: having gone (to)
• एत्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (base verb), having gone/after going

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• गुरवे: to the teacher
• गुरवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पूजयामास: worshipped/honoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (पूजयति)
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गुरुम्: the teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

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

• गुरुप्रियः: dear to the teacher / teacher-loving
• गुरुप्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरुप्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Campā (city)
• guru (teacher)
• puṣpa (flowers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is expressed through humble service and proper reverence to one’s teacher: offering what one has (here, flowers) and honouring the guru according to prescribed conduct (vidhivat) cultivates discipline, gratitude, and ethical character.

What is happening in the narrative?

A devoted person travels to the city of Campā, presents flowers to his teacher, and performs formal worship of the guru in the correct manner, showing his devotion and the teacher-student ideal.