Shloka 96

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

ततः समारभत्‌ कर्म दैवं पित्रयं च भारत । आहूय देवानिन्द्रादीन्‌ भागं भागं विधिक्रमात्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ samārabhat karma daivaṁ pitryaṁ ca bhārata | āhūya devān indrādīn bhāgaṁ bhāgaṁ vidhikramāt ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“噢，婆罗多啊！随后他开始了所规定的仪式——既为诸天之祭，亦为祖灵（pitṛ）之祭。召请以因陀罗为首的诸神之后，他依次按仪则向各神分别奉献其应得之分。”

Word by Word

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

• समारभत्: began, commenced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रभ्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्म: rite, act, ritual
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दैवम्: divine (pertaining to the gods)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पित्र्यम्: ancestral (pertaining to the Pitṛs)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पित्र्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• आहूय: having invoked, having called
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वा
• Form: absolutive (ktvā/lyap), Parasmaipada (usage)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• इन्द्रादीन्: Indra and others
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रादि
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• भागम्: a portion, share (offering)
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• भागम्: share by share (each portion)
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विधि-क्रमात्: according to the prescribed order
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधिक्रम
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• भरत-नन्दन: O descendant/delighter of Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• Indra
• Devas (gods)
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld through orderly performance of prescribed obligations: honoring both the gods (deva-yajña) and the ancestors (pitṛ-yajña) by offering each their due share according to scriptural procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

A ritual sequence is described: the performer begins divine and ancestral rites, formally invokes Indra and other deities, and distributes offerings to each in the correct, rule-governed order.