Shloka 89

Devanagari script

वृद्धयोरन्धयोर्दृष्टिस्त्वयि वंश: प्रतिष्ठित: । त्वयि पिण्डश्न कीर्तिश्व संतानं चावयोरिति,“हम दोनों बूढ़े और अंधे हैं। तुम्हीं हमारी दृष्टि हो तथा तुम्हींपर हमारा वंश प्रतिष्ठित है। हम दोनोंका पिण्ड, कीर्ति और कुलपरम्परा सब कुछ तुमपर ही अवलम्बित है”

Transliteration

vṛddhayor andhayor dṛṣṭis tvayi vaṁśaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | tvayi piṇḍaś ca kīrtiś ca santānaṁ cāvayor iti ||

Translation

阎摩说道：“我二人年迈且盲；你便是我们的眼目。我们的家族血脉立于你身。我们的祭奠供品（pinda）、我们的名誉，以及家系的延续，皆系于你。”

Word by Word

वृद्धयोःof (us) two old (persons)

अन्धयोःof (us) two blind (persons)

दृष्टिःsight; vision

त्वयिin you; on you

वंशःlineage; family line

प्रतिष्ठितःestablished; resting (upon)

त्वयिin you; on you

पिण्डःfuneral offering (piṇḍa); obsequial rite

चand

कीर्तिःfame; renown

चand

सन्तानम्progeny; continuation of the line

चand

आवयोःof us two

इतिthus (quoting)

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

two aged and blind persons (parents/elders)

lineage (vaṁśa)

piṇḍa (funeral offering)

kīrti (reputation)

santāna (progeny)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores filial responsibility: when elders are helpless, the child becomes their ‘sight’ and support, bearing the duty of sustaining family continuity—materially, socially (kīrti), and ritually (piṇḍa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama voices the dependence of two aged, blind elders upon a single person, emphasizing that their lineage, ancestral rites, reputation, and progeny-resting continuity are all entrusted to him.