Shloka 5
Devanagari script
सा तस्मै विधिवत् पूजां चक्रे धर्मपरायणा । स्वागतेनागतं कृत्वा कि करोमीति चाब्रवीत्
Transliteration
sā tasmai vidhivat pūjāṃ cakre dharmaparāyaṇā | svāgatena āgataṃ kṛtvā kiṃ karomīti cābravīt ||
Translation
她一心奉法，依礼为他行供养之仪。以应有的待客之道迎接来者后，她说道：“尊贵的婆罗门啊，请示下——我当如何侍奉于您？”
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular
विधिवत्according to rule; duly
विधिवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत्
पूजाम्worship; honoring
पूजाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चक्रेdid; performed
चक्रे:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
धर्मपरायणाdevoted to dharma
धर्मपरायणा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मपरायण
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्वागतेनwith welcome; by welcoming
स्वागतेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वागत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
आगतम्the arrived one; the guest who came
आगतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआगत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving done; having made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormAbsolutive (ktvā)
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
करोमिdo I do; shall I do
करोमि:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent (Laṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
इतिthus; saying
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अब्रवीत्said; spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
bhīṣma (speaker)A
a dharma-devoted woman (unnamed in this verse)B
brāhmaṇa (guest)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights atithi-dharma: a righteous person honors a guest properly (vidhivat pūjā) and offers service with humility, treating the guest—especially a brāhmaṇa—as worthy of reverence and care.
In Bhīṣma’s narration, a dharma-minded woman receives an arriving brāhmaṇa, performs the customary worship and welcome, and then asks what she should do to serve him.