Shloka 22

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

ततो मां दर्शयामासु: स्वप्नान्ते पितरस्तथा । प्रीयमाणास्तु मामूचु: प्रीता: सम भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

tato māṁ darśayāmāsuḥ svapnānte pitaras tathā | prīyamāṇās tu mām ūcuḥ prītāḥ sam bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

随后，在一场梦的尽头，祖灵（Pitṛs，先祖之父）显现于我前，自示其形。心怀欢悦，他们对我说道：“我们已满足。”噢，婆罗多族中的雄牛——这是他们的认可与赐福。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb: 'from/thereupon')

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

• दर्शयामासुः: showed / caused (me) to see
• दर्शयामासुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: perfect (periphrastic), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada; causative sense 'made (me) see/showed'

• स्वप्नान्ते: in the end of a dream / in a dream
• स्वप्नान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्नान्त
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पितरः: the fathers/ancestors
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: indeclinable

• प्रीयमाणाः: being pleased
• प्रीयमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री
• Form: present passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: indeclinable

• माम्: to me / me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: perfect, 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada

• प्रीताः: pleased/satisfied
• प्रीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural

• सम्: well/fully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्
• Form: indeclinable (preverb used adverbially: 'well/fully')

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That proper conduct—especially duties connected with honoring the ancestors—bears fruit: the Pitṛs become pleased and communicate their satisfaction, symbolizing moral and ritual approval within the dharma framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts a dream-vision in which the Pitṛs reveal themselves to him at the dream’s end and speak words of gratification, addressing the listener (Yudhiṣṭhira) as ‘Bharatarṣabha.’