Shloka 18

Devanagari script

यत्‌ पिबन्ति जल तत्र स्नायन्ते विश्रमन्ति च । तडागे यस्य तत्‌ सर्व प्रेत्यानन्त्याय कल्पते

Transliteration

yat pibanti jala tatra snāyante viśramanti ca | taḍāge yasya tat sarva pretyānantyāya kalpate ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: إذا شرب الناس الماء هناك، واغتسلوا هناك، واستراحوا هناك، فإن كل ذلك الثواب يؤول إلى صاحب تلك البركة؛ وبعد موته يصير سببًا لرفاهٍ لا يفنى.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• पिबन्ति: they drink
• पिबन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: present, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• स्नायन्ते: they bathe
• स्नायन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: present, 3rd, plural, ātmanepada

• विश्रमन्ति: they rest
• विश्रमन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-श्रम्
• Form: present, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

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

• तडागे: in the pond
• तडागे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• तत्: that (merit/result)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• प्रेत्य: having died; after death
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-इ (इ)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)

• अनन्त्याय: for endlessness; for imperishability
• अनन्त्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त्य
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• कल्पते: is conducive; becomes; leads
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• taḍāga (pond/tank)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Providing a pond or water-source for public use—so that others may drink, bathe, and rest—generates enduring merit for the benefactor, yielding imperishable well-being after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he explains the spiritual reward of public-benefit works: the everyday use of a person’s pond by travelers and locals becomes a continuous source of merit for its owner.