Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

एवं वयं च धर्मज्ञ सर्वे चास्मत्पितामहा:

Transliteration

evaṁ vayaṁ ca dharmajña sarve cāsmatpitāmahāḥ

Translation

因此，我们亦然——噢，通晓法（Dharma）者——以及我们一切祖先（宗族中的长者）都同样持守并确认这一见解。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

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

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• धर्मज्ञ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• अस्मत्: of us, our
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• forefathers (pitāmahāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma appeals to the authority of dharma as preserved by tradition: what he is stating is not merely personal opinion but is aligned with the understanding upheld by the elders and forefathers, reinforcing continuity and reliability in ethical instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Bhīṣma continues advising his listener on dharma and supports his point by invoking collective agreement—“we too” and “all our forefathers”—to strengthen the normative force of the teaching.