Shloka 131

Devanagari script

गृहे स्थापयितव्यानि धन्यानि मनुरब्रवीत्‌ । देवब्राह्मणपूजार्थमतिथीनां च भारत

Transliteration

gṛhe sthāpayitavyāni dhanyāni manur abravīt | devabrāhmaṇapūjārtham atithīnāṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

毗度罗说道：“婆罗多啊，摩奴曾宣示：家中当备存粮谷与财物，以便供奉诸天与婆罗门，并能如法接待宾客。”

Word by Word

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थापयितव्यानि: to be stored/kept (must be placed)
• स्थापयितव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थापयितव्य (from धातु √स्था with causative स्थापय-)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• धन्यानि: grains
• धन्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• देवब्राह्मणपूजार्थम्: for the purpose of worship of gods and Brahmins
• देवब्राह्मणपूजार्थम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ब्राह्मण + पूजा + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अतिथीनाम्: of guests
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Manu
• Devas
• Brāhmaṇas
• Atithi (guest)
• Bhārata (addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A householder should maintain reserves of food/wealth so that dharmic obligations—worship and honoring gods and brāhmaṇas, and hospitality to guests—can be fulfilled promptly. Resources are to be stewarded for duty and generosity, not mere accumulation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vidura’s counsel during the Udyoga Parva, he cites Manu as an authority to instruct the Kuru elder (addressed as ‘Bhārata’) on proper household conduct: keeping provisions at home to support ritual honor and the reception of guests.