Shloka 19

Taḍāga-Phala and Vṛkṣāropaṇa

Merit of Ponds and Tree-Planting

Devanagari script

भरतश्रेष्ठ! जो ब्राह्मगको सौ शलाकाओंसे युक्त सुन्दर छाता दान करता है, वह परलोकमें सुखी होता है ।।

Transliteration

bharataśreṣṭha! yo brāhmaṇāya śataśalākāyuktaṁ sundaraṁ chātraṁ dānaṁ karoti, sa paraloke sukhī bhavati. sa śakraloke vasati pūjyamāno dvijātibhiḥ; apsarobhiś ca satataṁ devaiś ca, bharatarṣabha, bharatabhūṣaṇa.

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «¡Oh el mejor de los Bharata! Quien done a un brahmán un hermoso paraguas provisto de cien varillas será dichoso en el más allá. Honrado sin cesar por los dos veces nacidos, por los dioses y por las apsaras —oh toro de los Bharata— morará en el cielo de Śakra (Indra)».

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्रलोके: in Indra’s world
• शक्रलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वसति: dwells
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पूज्यमानः: being honored
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्/मान), Passive

• द्विजातिभिः: by the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अप्सरोभिः: by apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सततम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Bharataśreṣṭha/Bharatarṣabha/Bharatabhūṣaṇa)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakraloka (Indra’s heaven)
• Dvijātis (twice-born)
• Devas
• Apsarases
• Chātra (umbrella/parasol)