Shloka 6

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

Devanagari script

चम्पकांस्तिलकान्‌ भव्यान्‌ पनसान्‌ वज्जुलानपि । पुष्पितान्‌ कर्णिकारांश्व तत्र तत्र ददर्श ह

Transliteration

campakāṁs tilakān bhavyān panasān vañjulān api | puṣpitān karṇikārāṁś ca tatra tatra dadarśa ha ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「彼はあちこちで、花をつけた見事な樹々—チャンパカ、ティラカ、ジャックフルーツ、ヴァンジュラ、そして花盛りのカルニカーラ—を目にした。この光景は、よく手入れされた林苑の整然たる美を際立たせ、繁栄と吉祥、そしてダルマにかなう統治と家庭の和がもたらす静かな実りを示している。」

Word by Word

• चम्पकान्: champaka trees
• चम्पकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तिलकान्: tilaka trees
• तिलकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भव्यान्: beautiful, splendid
• भव्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पनसान्: jackfruit trees
• पनसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पनस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वज्जुलान्: vajjula (a kind of tree/creeper; often identified with cane/rattan)
• वज्जुलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्जुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पुष्पितान्: in bloom, flowered
• पुष्पितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कर्णिकारान्: karnikāra trees (Pterospermum acerifolium / a flowering tree)
• कर्णिकारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: here and there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• ह: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• campaka (tree)
• tilaka (tree)
• panasa/jackfruit (tree)
• vañjula (tree)
• karṇikāra (tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses flourishing, blossoming trees as a marker of auspicious order—an implicit ethical signal that well-being and beauty arise where life is properly tended, reflecting the fruits of dharmic conduct and stable governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates a scene in which the observer notices various kinds of trees blooming throughout a grove, highlighting the richness and auspicious atmosphere of the place.