Shloka 30

Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)

Devanagari script

पुष्करे च विशेषेण श्रूयतां तस्य यत्‌ फलम्‌ | गोशतं सवृषं तेन दत्तं भवति शाश्वतम्‌

Transliteration

puṣkare ca viśeṣeṇa śrūyatāṃ tasya yat phalam | gośataṃ savṛṣaṃ tena dattaṃ bhavati śāśvatam ||

Translation

Yama said: “And especially at Puṣkara—listen to the fruit of that act. By performing it there, one gains everlasting merit, as though one had given a hundred cows, each accompanied by a bull.”

Word by Word

• पुष्करे: in (the) Pushkara (tirtha)
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• विशेषेण: especially; in particular
• विशेषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard; please listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Atmanepada (passive-form usage), Third, Singular

• तस्य: of that (act/thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गोशतम्: a hundred cows
• गोशतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सवृषम्: together with a bull
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-वृष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by that (act); thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दत्तम्: given; donated
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes; is (equivalent to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• शाश्वतम्: eternal; everlasting
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Puṣkara
• cows (go)
• bull (vṛṣa)