Shloka 60

The Account of Women

Householder Ethics, Fault, Merit, and Govinda-Nāma as Purification

Devanagari script

सर्वं धान्यादिकं बीजं काले दद्याद्द्विजातये । सर्वपापक्षयं कृत्वा अक्षयं स्वर्गमश्नुते

Transliteration

sarvaṃ dhānyādikaṃ bījaṃ kāle dadyāddvijātaye | sarvapāpakṣayaṃ kṛtvā akṣayaṃ svargamaśnute

Translation

Au moment prescrit, qu’on donne toute sorte de semences—grains et autres—à un deux-fois-né (brāhmane). Ayant ainsi détruit tous les péchés, on atteint le ciel impérissable.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying bījam

• धान्य-आदिकम्: including grains and the like
• धान्य-आदिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + ka (तद्धित)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘beginning with grains etc.’ used adjectivally

• बीजम्: seed
• बीजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bīja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• काले: at the proper time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th—सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• दद्यात्: one should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• द्वि-जातये: to a twice-born (brahmin)
• द्वि-जातये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + jāta (कृदन्त; √jan धातु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th—चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘to the twice-born (brahmin)’

• सर्व-पाप-क्षयम्: the destruction of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-क्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘destruction of all sins’

• कृत्वा: having done / after effecting
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त) meaning ‘having done’

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying svargam

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• अश्नुते: attains
• अश्नुते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √aś (अश् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent within Adhyaya 52; likely a narrator/teacher voice in the dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: dadyāddvijātaye → dadyāt + dvijātaye; svargamaśnute → svargam + aśnute.

FAQs

What practice is recommended in this verse?

The verse recommends timely charity (dāna) of seeds—especially grains and similar seed-stock—to a dvija (traditionally, a Brāhmaṇa), emphasizing seasonally appropriate giving.

What spiritual result does the Padma Purana assign to this gift?

It states that this act leads to the destruction of all sins (sarva-pāpa-kṣaya) and results in attaining imperishable heaven (akṣaya svarga).

What ethical lesson does this verse convey?

It teaches that practical, life-sustaining gifts (like seed for cultivation), offered at the right time to worthy recipients, are powerful forms of dharma that purify the giver and generate lasting merit.