Shloka 22

Adhyāya 142: Cyavana, the Devas’ Arrogance, and Vāyu’s Counsel on Protecting Brāhmaṇas

Devanagari script

भ्क्ष्यभोज्यस्य च कृतान्‌ राशय: पर्वतोपमान्‌ | शाण्डिल्याय पुरा दत्त्वा सुमन्युर्दिवमास्थित:

Transliteration

bhakṣyabhojyasya ca kṛtān rāśayaḥ parvatopamān | śāṇḍilyāya purā dattvā sumanyur divam āsthitaḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「スーマニュはかつて、シャンディリヤに、食べ物と調理された料理の山のような大きな堆（うずたか）を施し、その後に天界へと至った。」

Word by Word

• भक्ष्यभोज्यस्य: of eatables and food (edibles and comestibles)
• भक्ष्यभोज्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्यभोज्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृतान्: made, prepared
• कृतान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राशयः: heaps, piles
• राशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्वतोपमान्: mountain-like, comparable to mountains
• पर्वतोपमान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वत-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शाण्डिल्याय: to (the sage) Śāṇḍilya
• शाण्डिल्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिल्य
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

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

• सुमन्युः: Sumañyu (proper name)
• सुमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: attained, reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past (Perfective participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sumanyu
• Śāṇḍilya
• heaven (diva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Generous giving—especially the offering of prepared food in abundance to a worthy recipient—creates great religious merit (puṇya) and is presented as a direct cause for attaining heavenly reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma cites an illustrative precedent: Sumanyu once donated enormous quantities of prepared foods to the sage Śāṇḍilya, and as a result of that meritorious act he later attained heaven.