Shloka 36

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

Devanagari script

सम्यगाराधित: पुत्र त्वया प्रवदतां वर

Transliteration

samyag ārādhitaḥ putra tvayā pravadatāṃ vara

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「わが子よ、汝は赴いて会ったその方を、しかるべく正しく敬った。ゆえに、授け得る恩寵のうち最上のものを選ぶがよい。」

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• आराधितः: worshipped/propitiated
• Type: Verb
• Root: आराधित (आ-√राध्)
• Form: Past passive participle; masculine nominative singular

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine vocative singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Instrumental singular

• प्रवदताम्: let them speak / may they say
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वद्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ); 3rd person plural; parasmaipada

• वर: O excellent one / O best
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine vocative singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• putra (addressed son, i.e., the listener)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Proper reverence and sincere service (ārādhana) bear fruit: when one honors a worthy person or deity in the right way, one becomes fit to receive a boon or benefit. The verse highlights the ethical link between conduct and reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses the listener as ‘son’ and acknowledges that the person approached has been properly propitiated. On that basis, he indicates that a boon may now be chosen—signaling a moment of reward following correct devotion or respectful conduct.