Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15

Dharma-ākhyāna (Discourse on Dharma): Worthy Charity, Fruitless Gifts, and the Merit of Building Ponds

Devanagari script

परिवित्तेः शठस्यापि परिवत्तुः प्रमादिनः । स्त्रीजितस्यातिदुष्टस्य दत्तं भवित निष्फलम् ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

parivitteḥ śaṭhasyāpi parivattuḥ pramādinaḥ | strījitasyātiduṣṭasya dattaṃ bhavita niṣphalam || 16 ||

Translation

Even a gift given to a parivitta (one superseded), to a deceitful man, to a parivattṛ (one who supersedes another), to the negligent, to one conquered by women, or to one exceedingly wicked, turns out fruitless.

Word by Word

• parivitteḥ: of the younger brother married before the elder
• parivitteḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) implied context
• Type: Noun
• Root: parivitti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• śaṭhasya: of the deceitful/rogue
• śaṭhasya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) implied context
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• api: also
• api: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• parivattuḥ: of the unmarried elder brother (whose younger is married)
• parivattuḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) implied context
• Type: Noun
• Root: parivattṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pramādinaḥ: of the negligent/careless
• pramādinaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) implied context
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pramādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• strījitasya: of one conquered by women (henpecked)
• strījitasya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) implied context
• Type: Adjective
• Root: strījita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• atiduṣṭasya: of the excessively wicked
• atiduṣṭasya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान) implied context
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atiduṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• dattam: given (charity)
• dattam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: datta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present/लट), Parasmaipada, Prathama Purusha (3rd), Singular (एकवचन). Note: Text has 'bhavita' (likely typo or irregular)

• niṣphalam: fruitless
• niṣphalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣphala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/authorial voice (gnomic statement).

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• parivitta
• parivattṛ
• śaṭha
• pramādin
• strījita
• atidūṣṭa

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