Shloka 36

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

एवं सम्भाषमाणं तु देवा: पार्थ पितामहम्‌

Transliteration

evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇaṃ tu devāḥ pārtha pitāmaham

Translation

毗湿摩说：“哦，帕尔塔！当祖父（毗多摩诃）如此开示之时，诸天皆肃然聆听，侍立在侧。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• सम्भाषमाणम्: speaking/conversing
• सम्भाषमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भाष्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), accusative singular masculine

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, nominative plural

• पार्थ: O son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, vocative singular

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Pitāmaha (the Grandsire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharmic instruction delivered by a venerable authority (the Pitāmaha) carries such moral gravity that it is figuratively presented as being heard under divine witness—reinforcing reverence for righteous counsel and the responsibility to heed it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, addressing Arjuna (Pārtha), describes a scene where the Grandsire is in the midst of speaking, and the gods are present as attentive listeners, marking the discourse as momentous and authoritative.