Shloka 34

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

सोमप: सूर्यसावित्रो दत्तात्मा पुण्डरीयक: । उष्णीनाभो नभोददश्च विश्वायुर्दीप्तिरेव च

Transliteration

somapaḥ sūryasāvitro dattātmā puṇḍarīyakaḥ | uṣṇīnābho nabhodadaś ca viśvāyur dīptir eva ca ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «(ພຣະອົງຖືກສັນລະເສີນວ່າ) ໂສມະປະ (Somapa), ສູຣຍະ-ສາວິຕຣະ (Sūrya-Sāvitra), ດັດຕາດມາ (Dattātmā) ແລະ ປຸນຑະຣີຍະກະ (Puṇḍarīyaka); ອີກທັງ ອຸສະນີນາພະ (Uṣṇīn ābha), ນະໂພດະດະ (Nabhodada), ວິສະວາຍຸ (Viśvāyu) ແລະ ດີບຕິ (Dīpti)»។ ໃນບົດນີ້ ພີດສະມະສືບຕໍ່ລຳດັບນາມອັນນ່າເຄົາລົບ—ນາມທີ່ເນັ້ນຄວາມສະຫວ່າງແຫ່ງເທວະ, ພະລັງທີ່ຫຼ້ຽງຊີວິດ, ແລະຄວາມບໍລິສຸດ—ເພື່ອຊັກຊວນໃຫ້ຜູ້ຟັງປູກຝັງຄວາມເລື່ອມໃສ ແລະຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງໃນທຳ ໂດຍການລະລຶກເຖິງຄຸນອັນສູງສົ່ງເຫຼົ່ານີ້។

Word by Word

• सोमपः: Soma-drinker
• सोमपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूर्यसावित्रः: Sun and Savitṛ (as one epithet)
• सूर्यसावित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यसावित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तात्मा: self-surrendered; devoted
• दत्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्तात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीयकः: lotus-like one; Pundarīyaka
• पुण्डरीयकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उष्णीनाभः: having a hot navel; Uṣṇīnाभ
• उष्णीनाभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णीनाभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नभोददः: sky-giver; cloud (giver of water)
• नभोददः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभोदद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विश्वायुः: having universal life; all-lived
• विश्वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीप्तिः: splendour; radiance
• दीप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Soma
• Sūrya
• Savitṛ

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverent recollection: by contemplating a series of divine epithets—radiance (dīpti), universal life-breath (viśvāyu), purity (puṇḍarīyaka), and self-surrender (dattātmā)—one is guided toward inner clarity, devotion, and steadiness in dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is continuing a formal enumeration of sacred names/attributes (a stotra-like catalogue). The narrative function is to glorify the revered being through multiple Vedic and symbolic titles, each pointing to a distinct ethical-spiritual quality.