Shloka 15

Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna

Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद

Devanagari script

यद्‌ यत्‌ प्रदीयते दानमुत्तराविषये नरै: । महाफलमनन्तं तद्‌ भवतीति विनिश्चय:,उत्तरा नक्षत्रमें मनुष्य जो-जो दान देते हैं, वह महान्‌ फलसे युक्त एवं अनन्त होता है-- यह शास्त्रोंका निश्चय है

Transliteration

yad yat pradīyate dānam uttarāviṣaye naraiḥ | mahāphalam anantaṃ tad bhavatīti viniścayaḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: Whatever gift people give at the time of Uttarā is assuredly said to yield great and even limitless fruit—this is the settled conclusion of the sacred teachings.

Word by Word

यत्whatever (that which)

यत्whatever

प्रदीयतेis given

दानम्gift; donation

उत्तरा-विषयेin the northern region

नरैःby men

महा-फलम्having great fruit; very fruitful

अनन्तम्endless; infinite

तत्that (gift)

भवतिbecomes; is

इतिthus

विनिश्चयःcertainty; settled conclusion

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

uttarāviṣaya (the northern region)

dāna (gift/charity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes