Shloka 28

Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna

Utility Gifts

Devanagari script

यदि ते तादृशो राष्ट्रे विद्वान सीदेत्‌ क्षुधा द्विज: । भ्रूणहत्यां च गच्छेथा: कृत्वा पापमिवोत्तमम्‌,राजन! यदि तुम्हारे राज्यमें कोई वैसा विद्वान्‌ ब्राह्मण भूखसे कष्ट पा रहा हो तो तुम्हें भ्रूण-हत्याका पाप लगेगा और कोई बड़ा भारी पाप करनेसे मनुष्यकी जो दुर्गति होती है, वही तुम्हारी भी होगी

Transliteration

yadi te tādṛśo rāṣṭre vidvān sīdet kṣudhā dvijaḥ | bhrūṇahatyāṃ ca gacchethāḥ kṛtvā pāpam ivottamam, rājan |

Translation

Bhishma said: “O King, if in your realm a learned brahmin of such worth were to languish from hunger, you would incur the sin of foeticide; and the grievous downfall that befalls one who commits a great crime would be yours as well.”

Word by Word

यदिif

तेof you/your

तादृशःsuch, of that kind

राष्ट्रेin the kingdom

विद्वान्learned, wise

सीदेत्should suffer/be distressed

क्षुधाby hunger

द्विजःa brahmin (twice-born)

भ्रूणहत्याम्the sin of embryo-killing

चand

गच्छेथाःyou would incur/attain

कृत्वाhaving done

पापम्sin, evil deed

इवas if, like

उत्तमम्greatest, very great

राजन्O king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

King (rājan)

learned brahmin (dvija/vidvān)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes