Shloka 110

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

पिता पितामहश्नैव सर्वे च प्रपितामहा: । पितामहपुरोगाश्च देवा: सर्षिगणा नृूप

Transliteration

pitā pitāmahaś caiva sarve ca prapitāmahāḥ | pitāmahapurogāś ca devāḥ sarṣigaṇā nṛpa ||

Translation

Pulastya nói: “Hỡi đức vua, cha ngươi, ông ngươi, và hết thảy các bậc tổ tiên xa xưa—cùng các thần linh với đoàn thể hiền triết, lấy vị Đại Tổ (Grandsire) làm đầu—đều là những chứng giám trong việc này.”

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पितामहाः: grandfathers
• पितामहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• प्रपितामहाः: great-grandfathers
• प्रपितामहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पितामहपुरोगाः: having the grandfathers in front/led by grandfathers
• पितामहपुरोगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितामहपुरोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• ऋषिगणाः: groups of sages
• ऋषिगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• nṛpa (the king, addressee)
• pitā (father)
• pitāmaha (grandfather/grandsire)
• prapitāmahāḥ (great-grandfathers/ancestors)
• devāḥ (gods)
• ṛṣigaṇāḥ (hosts of sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma is upheld under the gaze of both one’s ancestors and the higher moral authorities (gods and sages); therefore a ruler’s choices must honor lineage-based obligations and cosmic order, not merely personal preference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya addresses a king and invokes a solemn assembly of forefathers, gods, and seers—led by the grandsire—to emphasize the gravity of the subject under discussion and to frame it within ancestral and divine oversight.