Shloka 27

Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya

The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रा भवन्त्येते पादपा नात्र संशय: । परलोकगत: स्वर्ग लोकांश्चाप्रोति सोडव्ययान्‌

Transliteration

tasya putrā bhavanty ete pādapā nātra saṁśayaḥ | paralokagataḥ svarga-lokāṁś cāpnōti so 'vyayān |

Translation

تغدو هذه الأشجار، لمن غرسها، كأنها أبناؤه—لا ريب في ذلك. وبفضل ذلك الفضل، إذا رحل إلى العالم الآخر نال السماء وبلغ عوالم لا تفنى.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवन्ति: become/are
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पादपाः: trees
• पादपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परलोकगतः: gone to the next world
• परलोकगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परलोक-गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गलोकान्: heavenly worlds
• स्वर्गलोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अप्रोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अव्ययान्: imperishable (worlds/realms)
• अव्ययान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• trees (pādapāḥ)
• svarga (heaven)
• paraloka (the next world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Planting trees is presented as a high dharmic act whose benefit endures like progeny: the planter gains lasting merit that leads to heaven and imperishable realms after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he praises the virtue of planting trees, using the metaphor that the trees become the planter’s ‘sons’ and bring posthumous spiritual reward.