Shloka 24

Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka

Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa

Devanagari script

गोप्रदानरतो याति भित्त्वा जलदसंचयान्‌ | विमानेनार्कवर्णेन दिवि राजन्‌ विराजते

Transliteration

gopradānarato yāti bhittvā jaladasaṃcayān | vimānenārkavarṇena divi rājan virājate ||

Translation

ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ຜູ້ທີ່ມີໃຈຮັກແລະອຸທິດຕົນໃນການຖວາຍງົວ ຈະນັ່ງໃນວິມານສີດັ່ງດວງອາທິດ ຝ່າກອງເມກທີ່ສະສົມ ໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນ ແລະສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງຢູ່ໃນນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• गो-प्रदान-रतः: one devoted to giving cows
• गो-प्रदान-रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप्रदानरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• याति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भित्त्वा: having pierced / having broken through
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• जलद-संचयान्: masses/collections of clouds
• जलद-संचयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलदसंचय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विमानेन: by/with an aerial car (chariot)
• विमानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्क-वर्णेन: sun-colored, radiant like the sun
• अर्क-वर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्कवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Locative-avyaya (frozen locative)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विराजते: shines, is splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• rājan (the king addressed)
• go (cow)
• vimāna (celestial chariot)
• jalada (clouds)
• divi (heaven)