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Shloka 35

मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्

The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha

तावतां गोसहस्राणां फल प्राप्रोति दायक: । यदेनो यौवनकृतं तत्‌ सर्व नश्यते ध्रुवम्‌,जो प्रतिदिन अतिथियोंको देकर शेष अन्नसे ही भोजनका काम चलाता है, उसके अन्नके जितने ग्रास अतिथि ब्राह्मण नित्य भोजन करता है, उतने ही हजार गौओंके दानका पुण्य उस दाताको प्राप्त होता है, तथा उसके द्वारा युवावस्थामें जो पाप हुए होते हैं, वे सब निश्चय ही नष्ट हो जाते हैं

tāvatāṁ go-sahasrāṇāṁ phalaṁ prāpnoti dāyakaḥ | yad eno yauvana-kṛtaṁ tat sarvaṁ naśyate dhruvam ||

バカは言った。「施主は、その数に応じた幾千頭の牛を施すに等しい功徳を得る。そして若き日に犯したいかなる罪も—まことにそのすべてが—必ず滅び去る。」

तावताम्of so many
तावताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootतावत्
Formany, Genitive, Plural
गो-सहस्राणाम्of thousands of cows
गो-सहस्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगो + सहस्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
फलम्fruit (merit/result)
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्नोतिobtains
प्राप्नोति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (प्र + आप्)
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दायकःthe giver
दायकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदायक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एनःsin
एनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootएनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यौवन-कृतम्done in youth
यौवन-कृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootयौवन + कृत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
नश्यतेperishes/is destroyed
नश्यते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√नश्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
ध्रुवम्certainly
ध्रुवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootध्रुव

बक उवाच

B
Baka
C
cows (go)

Educational Q&A

Regular hospitality—especially feeding guests and Brāhmaṇas—counts as a major form of dāna, yielding merit comparable to grand cow-gifts and serving as a purifier that destroys earlier sins.

Baka is speaking and extolling the spiritual efficacy of daily giving/feeding: the donor gains immense merit and is cleansed of sins committed in youth.