Shloka 14

Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna

Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद

Devanagari script

घृतक्षीरसमायुक्तं विधिवत्‌ षष्टिकौदनम्‌ | उत्तराविषये दत्त्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते

Transliteration

ghṛtakṣīrasamāyuktaṁ vidhivat ṣaṣṭikaudanam | uttarāviṣaye dattvā svargaloke mahīyate ||

Translation

Nārada dit : Celui qui, selon le rite, offre en don du riz ṣaṣṭika cuit avec du ghee et du lait, dans l’observance sacrée liée à la constellation Uttarā (Uttaraphālgunī), est honoré et tenu en haute estime dans le monde céleste.

Word by Word

• घृत: with ghee
• घृत: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षीर: with milk
• क्षीर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• समायुक्तम्: combined/associated (with)
• समायुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritual
• विधिवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• षष्टिक: of the ṣaṣṭika (a kind of rice)
• षष्टिक: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टिक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ओदनम्: cooked rice/porridge
• ओदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तराविषये: in the northern region
• उत्तराविषये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तराविषय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• स्वर्गलोके: in heaven
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (māhīyate: is honored)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Svargaloka (heaven)
• Uttarā / Uttaraphālgunī nakṣatra
• ṣaṣṭika rice (ṣaṣṭika-odana)
• ghee (ghṛta)
• milk (kṣīra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that charity (dāna) performed with proper ritual care (vidhivat) and with wholesome, sattvic food—here, ṣaṣṭika rice cooked with ghee and milk—yields spiritual merit culminating in honor in heaven.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a specific meritorious gift: donating ṣaṣṭika-rice odana mixed with ghee and milk on the observance associated with the Uttarā (Uttaraphālgunī) nakṣatra, and he states the resulting heavenly reward.