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Shloka 126

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

ऋतुषु दशगुणं वदन्ति दत्तं शतगुणमृत्वयनादिदषु ध्रुवम्‌ । भवति सहस्रगुणं दिनस्य राहो- विंषुवति चाक्षयमश्लुते फलम्‌,विद्वान्‌ पुरुष ऋतु प्रारम्भ होनेके दिन दिये हुए दानको दस गुना तथा अयन आदिके दिन सौ गुना बताते हैं। इसी प्रकार ग्रहणके दिन दिये हुए दानका फल सहखगुना होता है और विषुवयोगमें दान करनेसे मनुष्य उसके अक्षय पुण्य-फलका उपभोग करता है

ṛtuṣu daśaguṇaṁ vadanti dattaṁ śataguṇam ṛtvayanādiṣu dhruvam | bhavati sahasraguṇaṁ dinasya rāho-viṣuvati cākṣayam aśnute phalam ||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “They declare that a gift given at seasonal occasions yields tenfold merit; on the days marking the solstices and other sacred transitions it yields a hundredfold without fail. A gift given on the day of an eclipse bears a thousandfold result; and when given at the equinox it becomes inexhaustible in its fruit.”

ऋतुषुin the seasons / on seasonal occasions
ऋतुषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
दशगुणम्tenfold
दशगुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदशगुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वदन्तिthey say
वदन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
दत्तम्given (gift/charity)
दत्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदा (ददाति)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
शतगुणम्hundredfold
शतगुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशतगुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ऋत्वयनादिषुon (days) such as seasonal junctions and solstices/equinox-related transitions, etc.
ऋत्वयनादिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु + अयन + आदि
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
ध्रुवम्certainly / fixedly
ध्रुवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भवतिbecomes / is
भवति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सहस्रगुणम्thousandfold
सहस्रगुणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रगुण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दिनस्यof the day
दिनस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिन
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
राहौat (the time of) Rahu; during an eclipse
राहौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराहु
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
विषुवतिat the equinox (vishuvas)
विषुवति:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविषुवत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अक्षयम्imperishable
अक्षयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अश्नुतेenjoys / attains
अश्नुते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (अश्नोति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

M
Mārkaṇḍeya
R
Rāhu
ṛtu (seasons)
A
ayana (solstice)
V
viṣuva (equinox)
D
dāna (gift/charity)