Shloka 2

Go-dāna-phala-nirdeśa

Merit and Destinations from the Gift of Cows

Devanagari script

व्रतानां कि फल प्रोक्त कीदृशं वा महाद्युते । नियमानां फलं कि च स्वधीतस्य च कि फलम्‌,महाद्युते! व्रतोंका क्या और कैसा फल बताया गया है? नियमोंके पालन और स्वाध्यायका भी क्या फल है?

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |

Vratānāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ proktaṃ kīdṛśaṃ vā mahādyute |

Niyamānāṃ phalaṃ kiṃ ca svādhītasya ca kiṃ phalam, mahādyute ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「おお、輝かしき御方よ、誓戒（ヴラタ）を守ることには、いかなる果報が説かれ、その性質はいかなるものなのでしょうか。さらに、規律（ニヤマ）を守る果報は何か、またスヴァーディヤーヤ（自ら学び聖典を誦すること）の果報は何か、光耀なる御方よ。」

Word by Word

• व्रतानाम्: of vows/observances
• व्रतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रोक्तम्: said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कीदृशम्: of what kind
• कीदृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• महाद्युते: O great-splendoured one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नियमानाम्: of rules/restrictions
• नियमानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• स्वधीतस्य: of (one’s) self-study / of what has been self-studied
• स्वधीतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधीत
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used substantively), Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महाद्युते: O great-splendoured one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira