Shloka 97

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

देवपत्न्यश्न कन्याश्ष्‌ देवानां चैव मातर: । आजम्मुः सहितास्तत्र तदा भगुकुलोद्वह

Transliteration

devapatnyaś ca kanyāś ca devānāṃ caiva mātaraḥ | ājagmuḥ sahitās tatra tadā bhṛgukulodvaha bhṛgukulabhūṣaṇa ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha nói: Các phu nhân của chư thần, các tiên nữ, và cả các bậc mẫu thân của chư thần đều cùng nhau đến đó. Hỡi bậc tối thượng, niềm vinh hiển của dòng Bhṛgu, họ đến để dự phần nghi lễ thánh ấy—cho thấy ngay cả trật tự thần linh cũng hợp nhất để tôn vinh một lễ tế được cử hành đúng pháp và kỷ luật nâng đỡ nó.

Word by Word

• देवपत्नीः: wives of the gods
• देवपत्नीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवपत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• कन्याः: maidens/daughters
• कन्याः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

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

• मातरः: mothers
• मातरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• आजग्मुः: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहिताः: together/assembled
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

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

• भृगुकुलोद्वह: O bearer/glory of the Bhrigu lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुकुलोद्वह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भृगुकुलभूषण: O ornament of the Bhrigu lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुकुलभूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• देवपत्न्यः (wives of the gods)
• देवकन्याः (celestial maidens)
• देवानां मातरः (mothers of the gods)
• भृगुकुल (Bhṛgu lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the sanctity and social-cosmic importance of a properly upheld sacred rite: when dharma is embodied through disciplined ritual order, even divine beings are portrayed as gathering in harmony to honor it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes a grand assembly at the site of a rite: the wives of the gods, celestial maidens, and the mothers of the gods arrive together, and the addressee is respectfully hailed as the foremost ornament of the Bhṛgu lineage.