Shloka 11

अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रेण द्वादश्यां श्रावणे मासि श्रीधरम्‌ । पञ्चयज्ञानवाप्रोति विमानस्थश्ष मोदते

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: ahorātreṇa dvādaśyāṃ śrāvaṇe māsi śrīdharam | pañcayajñān avāpnoti vimānasthaś ca modate ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: On the Dvādaśī day in the month of Śrāvaṇa, one who worships Śrīdhara while fasting for a full day and night attains the merit of the five great sacrifices; and, seated in a celestial chariot, rejoices in heavenly bliss.

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रेण: by (observing) day-and-night (fast)
• अहोरात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• द्वादश्याम्: on the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• श्रावणे: in Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: श्रावण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रीधरम्: Śrīdhara (Viṣṇu)
• श्रीधरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चयज्ञान्: the five great sacrifices
• पञ्चयज्ञान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विमानस्थः: being seated in an aerial car
• विमानस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमानस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोदते: rejoices/enjoys
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrīdhara (Viṣṇu)
• Śrāvaṇa (month)
• Dvādaśī (tithi)
• Vimāna (celestial chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A disciplined observance—fasting for a full day and night on Śrāvaṇa Dvādaśī and worshipping Viṣṇu as Śrīdhara—is presented as a powerful dharmic act, yielding merit equivalent to the pañca-mahāyajñas and leading to exalted posthumous happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and religious observances, describes the फल (reward) of a specific vrata: worship of Śrīdhara on the Dvādaśī tithi in Śrāvaṇa with an ahorātra fast, resulting in great merit and heavenly enjoyment symbolized by riding a vimāna.