Shloka 37

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

Utility Gifts

Devanagari script

जीवन्तं त्वानुजीवन्तु प्रजा: सर्वा युधिष्ठिर । पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महाद्रुममिवाण्डजा:

Transliteration

jīvantaṃ tvānujīvantu prajāḥ sarvā yudhiṣṭhira | parjanyam iva bhūtāni mahādrumam ivāṇḍajāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, may all your subjects live by your life and thrive alongside you. Just as living beings depend upon the rain, and as birds depend upon a great tree, so may the people depend upon you.”

Word by Word

• जीवन्तम्: living (you)
• जीवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुजीवन्तु: may (they) live after/depending on
• अनुजीवन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-जीव्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रजाः: subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पर्जन्यम्: rain-cloud, rain
• पर्जन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भूतानि: beings, creatures
• भूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• महाद्रुमम्: a great tree
• महाद्रुमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अण्डजाः: egg-born (birds)
• अण्डजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• prajāḥ (subjects/people)
• parjanya (rain/rain-cloud)
• mahādruma (great tree)
• aṇḍajāḥ (birds)