Shloka 24

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

तेषु भोगेषु सर्वेषु न भीतो लभते सुखम्‌ | अभयस्य हि यो दाता तस्यैव सुमहत्‌ फलम्‌ | न हि प्राणसमं दान त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते

Transliteration

teṣu bhogeṣu sarveṣu na bhīto labhate sukham | abhayasya hi yo dātā tasyaiva sumahat phalam | na hi prāṇasamaṃ dāna triṣu lokeṣu vidyate ||

Translation

Entre todos los goces, sólo quien está libre de temor alcanza la dicha verdadera. Pues el que otorga la ausencia de miedo recibe un fruto inmenso; en verdad, en los tres mundos no existe dádiva igual a la dádiva de la vida: salvar o preservar la vida de otro.

Word by Word

तेषुin those

भोगेषुin enjoyments/pleasures

सर्वेषुin all

नnot

भीतःafraid

लभतेobtains

सुखम्happiness

अभयस्यof fearlessness/safety

हिindeed/for

यःwho

दाताgiver

तस्यof him

एवalone/indeed

सुमहत्very great

फलम्fruit/result

नnot

हिindeed/for

प्राणसमम्equal to life (as precious as life)

दानम्gift/charity

त्रिषुin the three

लोकेषुworlds

विद्यतेexists/is found

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

ऐ

ऐल (Aila)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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