Shloka 6

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

Devanagari script

एतानि पुरुषव्याप्र साधुभ्यो देहि नित्यदा | दानानि हि नरं पापान्मोक्षयन्ति न संशय:

Transliteration

etāni puruṣavyāghra sādhubhyo dehi nityadā | dānāni hi naraṃ pāpān mokṣayanti na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「人中の虎よ、これら（前に述べた）清らかな施しは、つねに徳ある者たちに与えよ。布施の行いは人を罪から解き放つ—疑いはない。」

Word by Word

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• साधुभ्यः: to the good/virtuous (people)
• साधुभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• देहि: give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• नित्यदा: always
• नित्यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा

• दानानि: gifts/acts of giving
• दानानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नरम्: a man
• नरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मोक्षयन्ति: free/release
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (मोचयति/मोक्षयति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषसिंह: O lion among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• puruṣavyāghra (addressed hero, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma teaches that regular charity—specifically directed toward the virtuous and worthy recipients—has purifying power and is a reliable means for reducing and removing sin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma, lying on the bed of arrows, instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the moral efficacy of giving the previously listed pure gifts to good people as part of righteous conduct.