Shloka 77

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

दातव्यमसकृच्छक्त्या यष्टव्यमसकृत्‌ तथा । पुष्टिकर्मविधानं च कर्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता

Transliteration

dātavyam asakṛc chaktyā yaṣṭavyam asakṛt tathā | puṣṭikarmavidhānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ bhūtim icchatā ||

Translation

ಮಹೇಶ್ವರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ತನ್ನ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ದಾನ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನೂ ಆಚರಿಸಬೇಕು. ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ಬಯಸುವವನು ಪೋಷಣೆ, ಬಲ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ಷೇಮವನ್ನು ವೃದ್ಧಿಸುವ ವಿಧಿನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಪುಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನೂ ಅನುಶಾಸನಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

• दातव्यम्: to be given / should be given
• दातव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) / दातव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligative), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Obligation (should be given)

• असकृत्: repeatedly, again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• शक्त्या: with (one's) ability / according to capacity
• शक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• यष्टव्यम्: to be worshipped/sacrificed; should perform sacrifice
• यष्टव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु) / यष्टव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligative), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Obligation (should be sacrificed/worshipped)

• असकृत्: repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पुष्टि-कर्म-विधानम्: the prescribed arrangement/ordinance of nourishing rites
• पुष्टि-कर्म-विधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• कर्तव्यम्: should be done
• कर्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) / कर्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligative), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Obligation (should be done)

• भूतिम्: prosperity, welfare
• भूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छता: by one desiring; for one who wishes
• इच्छता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु) / इच्छत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī-Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained generosity and sustained sacrificial/ritual duty—both practiced repeatedly and within one’s means—are presented as a dharmic path that supports prosperity and well-being; the emphasis is on regularity, capacity-based giving, and properly prescribed practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Maheśvara speaks as an authoritative teacher, advising that a person desiring flourishing should repeatedly perform charity, yajña, and the prescribed puṣṭi-oriented rites—framing prosperity as the fruit of disciplined dharmic conduct.