Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
कृष्णेन भरतस्त्रीभियें च पौरा: समागता: । उदकं चक्रिरे चैव गाज़ेयस्य महात्मन:
Transliteration
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
kṛṣṇena bharatastrībhiś ca paurāḥ samāgatāḥ |
udakaṃ cakrire caiva gāṅgeyasyā mahātmanaḥ ||
Translation
毗舍婆耶那说：在黑天（克里希那）随行之下，婆罗多族的妇女与城中百姓齐集一处，依礼为那位大魂者——恒河之子（毗湿摩）——行洒水奠祭之仪。
Word by Word
कृष्णेनby Krishna
कृष्णेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
भरतस्त्रीभिःby the Bharata women
भरतस्त्रीभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभरतस्त्री
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पौराःthe citizens
पौराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपौर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समागताःhaving assembled / gathered
समागताः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-गम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
उदकम्water
उदकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउदक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चक्रिरेthey performed / they offered
चक्रिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
गाङ्गेयस्यof/for the son of Ganga (Bhishma)
गाङ्गेयस्य:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootगाङ्गेय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महात्मनःof the great-souled one
महात्मनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaK
KṛṣṇaB
Bharata women (Kuru women)P
Paurāḥ (citizens)G
Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma)U
Udaka (water-offering)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma expressed as honoring the departed through prescribed rites and communal participation—showing gratitude to elders and upholding social-ritual responsibility even after conflict.
After Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya) has passed, Kṛṣṇa, the Kuru women, and the citizens gather and perform the udaka-offering (water oblations) as part of the funeral/ancestral rites for him.