Shloka 1

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

Devanagari script

बी जम अष्टनवतितमोब् ध्याय: तपस्वी सुवर्ण और मनुका संवाद--पुष्प

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ālokadānaṃ nāmaitat kīdṛśaṃ bharatarṣabha | katham etat samutpannaṃ phalaṃ vā tad bravīhi me ||

Translation

যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—হে ভারতশ্রেষ্ঠ! ‘আলোকদান’ বা দীপদান নামে যে কর্ম, তা কেমন? কীভাবে তা সম্পাদিত হয়? এর উৎপত্তি কীভাবে? এবং এর ফল কী? আমাকে বলুন।

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• आलोकदानम्: gift of light (lamp-offering)
• आलोकदानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलोकदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: called/namely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कीदृशम्: of what kind?/how (is it)?
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समुत्पन्नम्: arisen/originated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद् (धातु) → समुत्पन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• तत्: that (i.e., its fruit/origin)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीहि: tell (me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bharata (dynasty; implied by address bharatarṣabha)
• Ālokadāna (lamp-offering; object/rite)