Shloka 15

Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

पुण्यं प्राणान्‌ धारयति पुण्यं प्राणदमुच्यते । येन येनाचरेद्‌ धर्म तस्मिन्‌ गर्हा न विद्यते,“पुण्य ही प्राणोंको धारण करता है, इसलिये पुण्य प्राणदाता कहलाता है; अतः जिस- जिस उपायसे धर्मका आचरण हो सके, उसके करनेमें कोई निन्दाकी बात नहीं है

Transliteration

puṇyaṃ prāṇān dhārayati puṇyaṃ prāṇadam ucyate | yena yenācaret dharma tasmin garhā na vidyate ||

Translation

Merit (puṇya) sustains life-breath itself; therefore it is called the giver of life. Hence, by whatever means one is able to practice dharma, in that there is no ground for censure—when the aim is righteous conduct and the preservation of life through merit.

Word by Word

पुण्यम्merit, virtue

प्राणान्vital breaths, lives

धारयतिsupports, sustains

पुण्यम्merit, virtue

प्राणदम्life-giving

उच्यतेis called

येनby which, through which means

आचरेत्should practice, should perform

धर्मम्dharma, righteousness

तस्मिन्in that (act/means)

गर्हाcensure, blame

नnot

विद्यतेexists, is found

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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