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Shloka 19

Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla

अमृतं मंगलं विद्धि महद्विषममंगलम्‌ । ओपषघध्यो ह्ामृतं सर्वा विषं तेजोडग्निसम्भवम्‌

amṛtaṁ maṅgalaṁ viddhi mahad viṣamam aṅgalam | oṣadhyo hy amṛtaṁ sarvā viṣaṁ tejo 'gnisambhavam ||

قال شوكرا: «اعلموا أنَّ الأمريتَ ميمونٌ، واعلموا أنَّ السُّمَّ شؤمٌ عظيمٌ شديد. فجميعُ الأعشابِ الدوائية تُعَدُّ “أمريتًا” لأنها تُحيي وتَنفع، أمّا السُّمُّ فَقُوّةٌ ناريّةٌ وُلِدَت من النار. فمَا يحفظُ الحياةَ ويُبرِئُ يُسمّى ميمونًا، وما يحرقُ ويؤذي ويُهلِكُ يُسمّى شؤمًا بالغًا.»

अमृतम्nectar; ambrosia
अमृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मङ्गलम्auspiciousness; good
मङ्गलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विद्धिknow; understand
विद्धि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
महत्great
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विषम्poison
विषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अमङ्गलम्inauspiciousness; evil
अमङ्गलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमङ्गल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

शुक्र उवाच

Ś
Śukra
A
amṛta (nectar)
V
viṣa (poison)
O
oṣadhi (medicinal herbs)
A
agni (fire)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches moral discernment through a vivid contrast: what preserves life and brings welfare (amṛta, and by extension healing herbs) is auspicious, while what destroys and burns (poison, described as fire-born potency) is profoundly inauspicious.

Śukra is delivering a didactic instruction, defining and contrasting ‘auspicious’ and ‘inauspicious’ by using the well-known opposition of nectar versus poison, and extending the idea to medicines as life-giving ‘nectar’ and poison as destructive, fiery energy.