Shloka 168

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ त्वमपि विप्रेभ्य: प्रयच्छ कनकं बहु । ददत्सुवर्ण नृपते किल्बिषाद्‌ विप्रमोक्ष्यसि,अतः नरेश्वर! अब तुम भी ब्राह्मणोंको बहुत-सा सुवर्ण दान करो। सुवर्ण दान करके तुम पापसे मुक्त हो जाओगे

Transliteration

tasmāt tvam api viprebhyaḥ prayaccha kanakaṃ bahu | dadat suvarṇa nṛpate kilbiṣād vipramokṣyasi ||

Translation

Karena itu, engkau pun hendaknya menganugerahkan emas yang berlimpah kepada para brāhmaṇa. Dengan mendermakan emas, wahai raja, engkau akan segera terbebas dari dosa.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative sense (from that/therefore)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Pronoun; gender: -, case: Nominative, number: Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Particle

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine; case: Dative, number: Plural

• प्रयच्छ: give/bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Imperative; person: 2nd, number: Singular; parasmaipada

• कनकम्: gold
• कनकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनक
• Form: Neuter; case: Accusative, number: Singular

• बहु: much/a lot
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter; case: Accusative, number: Singular (agreeing with कनकम्)

• ददत्: giving (while giving)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ); case: Nominative, number: Singular, gender: Masculine (agreeing with implied subject त्वम्)

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter; case: Accusative, number: Singular

• नृपते: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine; case: Vocative, number: Singular

• किल्बिषात्: from sin
• किल्बिषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष
• Form: Neuter; case: Ablative, number: Singular

• विप्रमोक्ष्यसि: you will be freed/released
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्र + मुच्
• Form: Future; person: 2nd, number: Singular; parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• nṛpati (the king addressed)
• brāhmaṇas
• gold (kanaka/suvarṇa)