Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सुप्रतीतमना नित्यं यः प्रयच्छति मानव: । एवंभूतो नरो देवि देवलोकेडभिजायते,श्रीमहेश्वरने कहा--देवि! जो मनुष्य ब्राह्मणोंका सम्मान और दान करता है दीन, दुःखी और दरिद्र आदि मनुष्योंको भक्ष्य-भोज्य, अन्न-पान और वस्त्र प्रदान करता है, ठहरनेके स्थान, धर्मशाला, कुआँ, प्याऊ, पोखरी या बावड़ी आदि बनवाता है, लेनेवाले लोगोंकी इच्छा पूछ-पूछकर नित्य देनेयोग्य वस्तुएँ दान करता है, समस्त नित्य कर्मोंका अनुष्ठान करता है, आसन, शय्या, सवारी, गृह, रत्न, धन, धान्य, गौ, खेत और कन्याओंका प्रसन्नतापूर्वक दान करता है, देवि! ऐसा मनुष्य देवलोकमें जन्म लेता है

Transliteration

supratītamanā nityaṁ yaḥ prayacchati mānavaḥ | evaṁbhūto naro devi devaloke 'bhijāyate ||

Translation

Maheshvara said: “O Goddess, the person who, with a mind ever content and well-disposed, continually gives in charity—such a man, O Devi, is reborn in the world of the gods.”

Word by Word

सुप्रतीतमनाhaving a very pleased mind

नित्यम्always

यःwho

प्रयच्छतिgives, bestows

मानवःa man, human

एवंभूतःsuch (of this kind)

नरःman

देविO goddess

देवलोकेin the world of the gods

अभिजायतेis born, comes to be born

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahēśvara (Maheshvara)

Devī

devaloka (realm of the gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular, willing giving performed with a pleased and peaceful mind is praised as dharmic conduct and is said to yield a higher rebirth—specifically, birth in devaloka.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara addresses Devi and states a general moral principle: a human who consistently gives (as an ethical practice) becomes fit for rebirth in the divine realm.