Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स तस्मै सत्क्रियां चक्रे क्रियायुक्तेन हेतुना । विश्रान्तं सुसमासीनमिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

sa tasmai satkriyāṃ cakre kriyāyuktena hetunā | viśrāntaṃ susamāsīnam idaṃ vacanam abravīt |

Translation

于是他依照合乎仪轨与伦理的正当方式，向那位宾客致以应有的敬礼与款待。待来者歇息安坐之后，他才对其说道如下之言——表明依正法而行的敬客之礼，当先于一切郑重的请教与询问。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सत्क्रियां: proper hospitality/rite of honoring
• सत्क्रियां: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्क्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रे: did/performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रियायुक्तेन: with (a) proper/ritually prescribed
• क्रियायुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रियायुक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हेतुना: by means of a reason/method
• हेतुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विश्रान्तम्: rested
• विश्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुसमासीनम्: well seated
• सुसमासीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-समासीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here/then (in this context)
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a guest (atithi)
• a brahmin (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights atithi-dharma: one should first honour a guest through proper, dharma-aligned hospitality and ritual propriety; only after the guest is rested and comfortably seated should one begin important conversation or instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

A host receives a guest, performs respectful hospitality according to prescribed custom, waits until the guest has rested and is seated at ease, and then begins to speak to him.