Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 65 Shloka 12 - Mahabharata | Assamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 12

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

Devanagari script

नामास्या: प्रियदत्तेति गुहां देव्या: सनातनम्‌ | दानं वाप्यथवा5<दानं नामास्या: प्रथमं प्रियम्‌

Transliteration

nāmāsyāḥ priyadatteti guhāṃ devyāḥ sanātanam | dānaṃ vāpy athavā ’dānaṃ nāmāsyāḥ prathamaṃ priyam ||

Translation

ভীষ্মে ক’লে—এই পৃথিৱী-দেৱীৰ এক সনাতন গোপন নাম আছে—‘প্ৰিয়দত্তা’, অৰ্থাৎ ‘প্ৰিয় দান’। তাক (ভূমিৰূপে) দান কৰা আৰু গ্ৰহণ কৰা—দাতা আৰু গ্ৰাহক উভয়ৰে বাবে প্ৰিয়; সেয়ে এইটোৱেই তাৰ প্ৰথম আৰু অতি প্ৰিয় নাম।

Word by Word

नामname

अस्याःof her

प्रियदत्ताPriyadattā (beloved-given; proper name)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

गुह्यम्secret, confidential

देव्याःof the goddess (Earth)

सनातनम्eternal, ancient

दानम्gift; giving

वाor

अपिalso/even

अथवाor else

अदानम्non-giving; taking/accepting (as opposed to giving)

नामname

अस्याःof her

प्रथमम्first

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Pṛthivī (Earth goddess)

Priyadattā (name of the Earth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes