Shloka 6

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

Devanagari script

चम्पकांस्तिलकान्‌ भव्यान्‌ पनसान्‌ वज्जुलानपि । पुष्पितान्‌ कर्णिकारांश्व तत्र तत्र ददर्श ह

Transliteration

campakāṁs tilakān bhavyān panasān vañjulān api | puṣpitān karṇikārāṁś ca tatra tatra dadarśa ha ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «ورأى هنا وهناك أشجارًا بهيّةً مزهرة—الچمباكا (campaka)، والتيلكا (tilaka)، وشجر الجاك فروت، والڤنچولا (vañjula)، وكذلك الكرنيكارا (karṇikāra) وهو في إزهاره. ويُبرز هذا المشهد جمالَ بستانٍ مُعتنىً به على نظامٍ وترتيب، دالًّا على الرخاء واليُمن، وعلى الثمار الهادئة لحكمٍ قائمٍ على الدارما ووئامٍ في البيت.»

Word by Word

• चम्पकान्: champaka trees
• चम्पकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तिलकान्: tilaka trees
• तिलकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भव्यान्: beautiful, splendid
• भव्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पनसान्: jackfruit trees
• पनसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पनस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वज्जुलान्: vajjula (a kind of tree/creeper; often identified with cane/rattan)
• वज्जुलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्जुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पुष्पितान्: in bloom, flowered
• पुष्पितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कर्णिकारान्: karnikāra trees (Pterospermum acerifolium / a flowering tree)
• कर्णिकारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: here and there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• ह: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• campaka (tree)
• tilaka (tree)
• panasa/jackfruit (tree)
• vañjula (tree)
• karṇikāra (tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses flourishing, blossoming trees as a marker of auspicious order—an implicit ethical signal that well-being and beauty arise where life is properly tended, reflecting the fruits of dharmic conduct and stable governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates a scene in which the observer notices various kinds of trees blooming throughout a grove, highlighting the richness and auspicious atmosphere of the place.