Shloka 8

Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

माघमासे तिलान्‌ यस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्य: प्रयच्छति । सर्वसत्त्वसमाकीर्ण नरकं स न पश्यति,जो माघ मासमें ब्राह्मणोंको तिल दान करता है, वह समस्त जन्तुओंसे भरे हुए नरकका दर्शन नहीं करता

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | māghamāse tilān yas tu brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati | sarvasattvasamākīrṇaṃ narakaṃ sa na paśyati |

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—যে ব্যক্তি মাঘ মাসে ব্রাহ্মণদের তিল দান করে, সে সর্বপ্রকার জীবজন্তুতে পরিপূর্ণ সেই নরক দর্শন করে না।

Word by Word

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघमास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तिलान्: sesame seeds
• तिलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• प्रयच्छति: gives/bestows
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (यच्छ्)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वसत्त्वसमाकीर्णम्: filled/crowded with all beings
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वसत्त्वसमाकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• पश्यति: sees/beholds
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Māgha (month)
• tilāḥ (sesame seeds)
• Brāhmaṇas
• naraka (hell)