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Shloka 33

Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share

Devanagari script

नैवेशिकं सर्वगुणोपपन्नं ददाति वै यस्तु नरो द्विजाय । स्वाध्यायचारित्र्यगुणान्विताय तस्यापि लोका: कुरुषूत्तरेषु

Transliteration

naiveśikaṁ sarvaguṇopapannaṁ dadāti vai yastu naro dvijāya | svādhyāyacāritryaguṇānvitāya tasyāpi lokāḥ kuruṣūttareṣu ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຜູ້ໃດມອບເຮືອນພັກທີ່ຈັດໄວ້ຢ່າງພ້ອມພຽງ ມີຄຸນລັກສະນະດີທຸກປະການ ໃຫ້ແກ່ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ເປັນ «ທະວິຊະ» (twice-born) ຜູ້ພ້ອມດ້ວຍຄວາມຮູ້ຈາກການສຶກສາຄຳພີ (svādhyāya) ແລະຄວາມປະພຶດຊອບ—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຍ່ອມໄດ້ໂລກໃນດິນແດນທາງເໜືອຂອງກຸຣຸ.

Word by Word

नnot

एवindeed/just

इषिकम्a small gift/thing (even a trifle)

सर्वगुणोपपन्नम्endowed with all virtues/qualities

ददातिgives

वैindeed/for sure

यःwho

तुbut/indeed

नरःman/person

द्विजायto a brahmin (twice-born)

स्वाध्यायचारित्र्यगुणान्वितायto one endowed with Vedic study, good conduct, and virtues

तस्यof him

अपिalso/even

लोकाःworlds/realms

कुरुषुamong the Kurus / in the Kuru regions

उत्तरेषुin the higher/northern (realms)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

dvija (Brahmin)

Uttara-Kuru (northern Kurus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Supporting a worthy, learned, and morally disciplined Brahmin by providing a well-furnished residence is praised as a high form of dāna; it yields great spiritual merit and an exalted posthumous destination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the fruits of specific charitable acts. Here he states the reward for gifting a proper dwelling to a dvija who is characterized by svādhyāya (sacred learning) and good conduct.