Shloka 7

Brahmapūjā-kāraṇa-prśnaḥ and Keśava–Viṣvaksena-stuti

Question on Brahmin veneration; hymn on Kṛṣṇa as cosmic order

Devanagari script

ददाति वा दास्यति वा महां दत्तमनेन वा | इत्यर्थिभ्यो निशम्यैव सर्व दातव्यमर्थिने

Transliteration

dadāti vā dāsyati vā mahāṁ dattam anena vā | ity arthibhyo niśamyaiva sarvaṁ dātavyam arthine ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າເຮົາພຽງແຕ່ໄດ້ຍິນຈາກປາກຜູ້ຂໍວ່າ ‘ທ່ານນັ້ນໃຫ້’, ‘ທ່ານນັ້ນຈະໃຫ້’, ຫຼື ‘ທ່ານນັ້ນເຄີຍໃຫ້ຂ້ອຍຂອງທານອັນໃຫຍ່’ ແລ້ວ—ເພື່ອເພີ່ມພູນກຽດຊື່ດີຂອງຕົນ—ຄວນໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ຂໍແຕ່ລະຄົນຕາມຄວາມປາດຖະໜາ ທຸກຢ່າງທີ່ເຂົາຂໍ».

Word by Word

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Lrt (Simple Future), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तम्: a gift / given (thing)
• दत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (दा-कृत, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अनेन: by him/this (person)
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अर्थिभ्यः: from supplicants/beggars
• अर्थिभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative/Ablative, Plural

• निशम्य: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (श्रवणे/बोधने) (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (sense)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दातव्यम्: should be given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) + तव्यत्
• Form: Gerundive (Obligative), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अर्थिने: to a supplicant/beggar
• अर्थिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• petitioners (arthin/arthi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma teaches that generosity should be prompt and expansive: even hearing that one is known as a giver should move one to give to supplicants according to their need/desire, cultivating dharma and worthy fame (kīrti).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (especially dāna-dharma), he describes how a person should respond to petitioners: when their words indicate expectation of one’s generosity, one should fulfill their requests and give liberally.