Shloka 18

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

ते वै सुकृतिन: प्रोक्ता: सर्वदानप्रदाश्न ते । गवां लोकं तथा पुण्यमाप्रुवन्ति च तेडनघ

Transliteration

te vai sukṛtinaḥ proktāḥ sarvadānapradāś ca te | gavāṁ lokaṁ tathā puṇyam āpnuvanti ca te ’nagha ||

Translation

ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ທີ່ໃຫ້ງົວ ຖືກປະກາດວ່າເປັນຜູ້ມີບຸນແທ້. ຜູ້ໃຫ້ເຊັ່ນນັ້ນຖືກນັບເປັນຜູ້ໃຫ້ທານທຸກປະເພດ ເພາະການໃຫ້ງົວຖືກສັນລະເສີນເຫນືອກວ່າທານອື່ນ. ໂອ ຜູ້ບໍ່ມີມົນທິນ, ພວກເຂົາຈະໄດ້ບັນລຸໂລກອັນບໍລິສຸດຂອງງົວ—ໂກໂລກ (Goloka)—ອັນເປັນຜົນບຸນສູງສຸດ»។

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सुकृतिनः: meritorious, virtuous
• सुकृतिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृतिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रोक्ताः: are said/called
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वदानप्रदाः: givers of all gifts
• सर्वदानप्रदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-दान-प्रद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नुवन्ति: they attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present (लट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• anagha (addressed person)
• cows (go/gavām)
• Gavāṁ loka / Goloka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that gifting cows (go-dāna) is a highly esteemed form of charity: those who perform it are called meritorious and are treated as if they have given all kinds of gifts, culminating in attainment of a holy realm (gavāṁ loka/Goloka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is instructing the listener (addressed as ‘anagha’, “sinless one”) within a discourse on dāna-dharma, praising the spiritual efficacy of cow-gifts and stating the resulting posthumous attainment of a sacred world.