Shloka 27

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

Devanagari script

मृत्युरवैकिड्करो दण्डस्तमो वह्नि: सुदारुण: | घोराश्न॒ दारुणा: पाशा नोपसर्पन्ति भूमिदम्‌

Transliteration

mṛtyur avaikidkaro daṇḍas tamo vahniḥ sudāruṇaḥ | ghorāśna dāruṇāḥ pāśā nopasarpanti bhūmidam ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಕಾಲಪ್ರೇರಿತ ಮರಣ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಾದಂಡ, ಅಂಧಕಾರ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕ್ರೂರವಾದ ಅಗ್ನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಭಯಾನಕ ಪಾಶಗಳು—ಇವು ಭೂಮಿದಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪುರುಷನನ್ನು ಸಮೀಪಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवैकीड्करः: unrelenting/unyielding (epithet; text uncertain)
• अवैकीड्करः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवैकीड्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दण्डः: punishment; rod (of chastisement)
• दण्डः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वह्निः: fire
• वह्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुदारुणः: very dreadful
• सुदारुणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दरुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोराः: terrible
• घोराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दारुणाः: cruel; dreadful
• दारुणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाशाः: nooses; bonds
• पाशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• उपसर्पन्ति: approach; come near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√सृप्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भूमिदम्: the giver of land
• भूमिदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि-द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mṛtyu (Death)
• daṇḍa (Punishment/rod)
• tamas (Darkness)
• vahni (Fire)
• pāśa (Noose/bond)
• bhūmi-dāna (gift of land)