Shloka 36

Devanagari script

पुष्पोपगं वाथ फलोपगं वा यः पादपं स्पर्शयते द्विजाय । सश्रीकमृद्ध॑ बहुरत्नपूर्ण लभत्ययत्नोपगतं गृहं वै,'जो ब्राह्मणकफो फल अथवा फूलोंसे भरे हुए वृक्षका दान करता है, वह अनायास ही नाना प्रकारके रत्नोंसे परिपूर्ण, धनसम्पन्न समृद्धिशाली घर प्राप्त कर लेता है

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Whoever gives to a brāhmaṇa a tree laden with flowers or laden with fruit, obtains—without strain—a prosperous, splendid home, filled with many kinds of jewels.

Word by Word

पुष्पोपगम्having flowers / flower-laden

वाor

अथor else / and then

फलोपगम्having fruits / fruit-laden

वाor

यःwho

पादपम्tree

स्पर्शयतेtouches

द्विजायto a brahmin (twice-born)

सःhe

श्रीकम्prosperous / endowed with fortune

ऋद्धम्rich / increased

बहुरत्नपूर्णम्filled with many jewels

लभतिobtains

अयत्नोपगतम्come without effort / effortlessly obtained

गृहम्house/home

वैindeed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes