Shloka 23

अथ शेषाणि चान्यानि त्रीणि कर्माणि यानि तु । दानमध्ययन यज्ञो धर्मयुक्तानि तानि तु,शेष तीन कर्म-दान, अध्ययन तथा यज्ञानुष्ठान करना-ये धर्मोपार्जनके लिये हैं

atha śeṣāṇi cānyāni trīṇi karmāṇi yāni tu | dānam adhyayanaṁ yajño dharmayuktāni tāni tu ||

Vāyu said: “Now, as for the other remaining three duties—giving (charity), study (of sacred learning), and the performance of sacrifice—these are actions aligned with dharma, undertaken for the acquisition and strengthening of righteousness.”

अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
शेषाणिremaining (ones)
शेषाणि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशेष
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यानिother
अन्यानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
कर्माणिacts/deeds
कर्माणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
यानिwhich
यानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
दानम्giving/charity
दानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अध्ययनम्study (of Veda/scripture)
अध्ययनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्ययन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञःsacrifice/ritual
यज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मयुक्तानिconnected with dharma/righteous
धर्मयुक्तानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मयुक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
तानिthose
तानि:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
तुindeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

The verse identifies three key dharmic practices—charity (dāna), sacred study (adhyayana), and sacrifice (yajña)—as righteous actions that generate and sustain dharma (moral and religious merit).

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener by enumerating remaining prescribed duties, emphasizing that these three practices are specifically dharma-aligned means for cultivating righteousness and merit.