Shloka 37

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

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

Devanagari script

कृत्यानामधिशस्तानामरिष्टशमनं महत्‌ | प्रायश्षित्तं महीं दत्त्वा पुनात्युभयतो दश

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | kṛtyānām adhiśastānām ariṣṭaśamanaṁ mahat | prāyaścittaṁ mahīṁ dattvā punāty ubhayato daśa ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ສຳລັບໂທດຮ້າຍອັນໜັກທີ່ເກີດຈາກພິທີອັນຊົ່ວ ແລະການກະທຳທຳລາຍ ວິທີທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດໃນການລະງັບອຸປະທັງຄື ການໄຖ່ບາບ (prāyaścitta) ໂດຍການບໍລິຈາກທີ່ດິນ. ເມື່ອບໍລິຈາກແຜ່ນດິນເປັນທານ ຄົນໜຶ່ງຊຳລະໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດແກ່ສິບຊົນລຸ້ນທັງສອງຝ່າຍ—ຜູ້ກ່ອນ ແລະຜູ້ຫຼັງ.

Word by Word

• {'kṛtyānām': 'of kṛtyā—harmful magical rites/acts intended to injure', 'adhiśastānām': 'of those that are grievously condemned/heinous, severely censured', 'ariṣṭa': 'misfortune, impending danger, calamity', 'śamanaṁ': 'pacification, appeasement, calming', 'mahat': 'great, supreme', 'prāyaścittam': 'expiation, atonement, penance that removes sin/defilement', 'mahīm': 'the earth

• land (as property to be donated)', 'dattvā': 'having given, by giving', 'punāti': 'purifies, makes pure', 'ubhayataḥ': 'on both sides

• in both directions (past and future lineage)', 'daśa': 'ten (generations)'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• mahī (land/earth as a gift)