Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 97

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

देवपत्न्यश्न कन्याश्ष्‌ देवानां चैव मातर: । आजम्मुः सहितास्तत्र तदा भगुकुलोद्वह

Transliteration

devapatnyaś ca kanyāś ca devānāṃ caiva mātaraḥ | ājagmuḥ sahitās tatra tadā bhṛgukulodvaha bhṛgukulabhūṣaṇa ||

Translation

瓦西什塔说道：诸神之妻、天界少女，以及诸神之母，也都一同来到那里。噢，婆利古族中最卓越、最为光荣者，她们前来参与这神圣仪式——表明即便是神圣的秩序，也会合而为一，礼敬如法举行的祭祀与支撑其间的戒律。

Word by Word

• देवपत्नीः: wives of the gods
• देवपत्नीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवपत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• कन्याः: maidens/daughters
• कन्याः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मातरः: mothers
• मातरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• आजग्मुः: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहिताः: together/assembled
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भृगुकुलोद्वह: O bearer/glory of the Bhrigu lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुकुलोद्वह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भृगुकुलभूषण: O ornament of the Bhrigu lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुकुलभूषण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• देवपत्न्यः (wives of the gods)
• देवकन्याः (celestial maidens)
• देवानां मातरः (mothers of the gods)
• भृगुकुल (Bhṛgu lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the sanctity and social-cosmic importance of a properly upheld sacred rite: when dharma is embodied through disciplined ritual order, even divine beings are portrayed as gathering in harmony to honor it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes a grand assembly at the site of a rite: the wives of the gods, celestial maidens, and the mothers of the gods arrive together, and the addressee is respectfully hailed as the foremost ornament of the Bhṛgu lineage.