Shloka 186

Plakṣaprasravaṇa–Kārapacana tīrtha-varṇana and Nārada’s war briefing (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 53)

Devanagari script

तेषां सहस्रगुणितं भविष्यत्यचिरेण वै | जो पुण्यात्मा मानव वहाँ दान देंगे, उनका वह दान शीघ्र ही सहसख्रगुना हो जायगा

Transliteration

teṣāṁ sahasraguṇitaṁ bhaviṣyaty acireṇa vai |

Translation

Rāma said: “For those people, whatever gift is given with a pure and righteous heart will, in no long time, return multiplied a thousandfold.” The verse underscores the ethical principle that charity offered with sincerity and merit yields swift and greatly increased spiritual fruit.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them / for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• सहस्रगुणितम्: multiplied a thousandfold
• सहस्रगुणितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रगुणित
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भविष्यति: will become / will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: future (simple future), 3rd, singular

• अचिरेण: in a short time / soon
• अचिरेण: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचिर
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• वै: indeed / surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charity (dāna) performed with a virtuous intention and purity of heart produces greatly multiplied merit, and its beneficial result is said to arise quickly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma is speaking about the fruit of giving: he assures that gifts offered by the righteous will soon yield a thousandfold return in merit, reinforcing confidence in dharmic generosity.