Shloka 19

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

तेजकी राशिभूत अग्निदेवका तुम सब लोग शीघ्र अन्वेषण करो। वे तुम्हारी मनोवांछित कामनाको पूर्ण करेंगे ।।

Transliteration

etad vākyam upaśrutya tato devā mahātmanaḥ | jagmuḥ saṃsiddha-saṅkalpāḥ paryeṣanto vibhāvasum ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：诸神听罢那位大德之言，既已誓愿坚固，自信必成，便从彼处启程，去寻维婆婆苏（Vibhāvasu，阿耆尼）。

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (statement)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech, statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपश्रुत्य: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• महात्मनः: great-souled (ones)
• महात्मनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संसिद्धसंकल्पाः: whose resolve was accomplished; with fulfilled intention
• संसिद्धसंकल्पाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसिद्ध-संकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्येषन्तः: seeking, searching for
• पर्येषन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-इष् (पर्येष्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विभावसुम्: Vibhāvasu (Agni, Fire-god)
• विभावसुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभावसु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the gods (Devas)
• Vibhavasu (Agni, Fire-god)
• the great-souled one (Mahātman; contextually a revered authority figure)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

After receiving guidance from a noble authority, one should act promptly and with steady resolve. The verse highlights disciplined follow-through—hearing right counsel is incomplete unless it leads to determined, ethical action.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods hear the instruction of a great-souled figure and then depart to search for Vibhāvasu (Agni). Their intention is fixed and their plan is set, so they proceed to carry out the quest.