Shloka 25

Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya

The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift

Devanagari script

लभते नाम लोके च पितृभिश्न महीयते । देवलोके गतस्यापि नाम तस्य न नश्यति,संसारमें उसका नाम होता है, परलोकमें पितर उसका सम्मान करते हैं तथा देवलोकमें चले जानेपर भी यहाँ उसका नाम नष्ट नहीं होता

Transliteration

labhate nāma loke ca pitṛbhiś ca mahīyate | devaloke gatasya api nāma tasya na naśyati ||

Translation

Such a person gains a good name in this world; in the realm of the ancestors he is honored by the Pitṛs; and even after he has gone to the world of the gods, his reputation does not perish.

Word by Word

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, 3, Singular, Present

• नाम: name, fame
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• पितृभिः: by the Pitṛs/ancestors
• पितृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• महीयते: is honored, is revered
• महीयते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, 3, Singular, Present, passive/ātmanepada usage: 'is honored'

• देवलोके: in the world of the gods
• देवलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गतस्य: of (one) who has gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• नाम: name, fame
• नाम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• नश्यति: perishes, is destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Lat, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular, Present

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Pitrs (ancestors)
• Devaloka (world of the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous living produces lasting honor: it brings good repute among people, reverence from the ancestors, and an enduring name even after reaching heaven—suggesting that dharma creates a legacy that outlives the body.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the multi-worldly फल (result) of virtuous conduct—social esteem in this life and continued honor in the ancestral and divine realms.