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Shloka 29

Go-dāna-stuti and Ghṛta-Japa

Praise of cow-gift and ghee-centered recitation

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा सर्व कृतवान्‌ धर्मराजो भीष्मेणोक्तो विधिवद्‌ गोप्रदाने । स मान्धातुर्देवदेवोपदिष्टं सम्यग्धर्म धारयामास राजा

vaiśampāyana uvāca tathā sarvaṁ kṛtavān dharmarājo bhīṣmeṇokto vidhivad gopradāne | sa māndhātur devadevo padiṣṭaṁ samyag dharmaṁ dhārayāmāsa rājā ||

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ജനമേജയാ! ഭീഷ്മൻ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഗോദാനത്തിന്റെ ക്രമം നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചപ്പോൾ ധർമ്മരാജൻ യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ എല്ലാം യഥാവിധി നിർവഹിച്ചു. ദേവഗുരു ബൃഹസ്പതി മാൻധാതാവിനോട് ഉപദേശിച്ച ശുദ്ധധർമ്മവും രാജാവ് ശരിയായ ഭാവത്തോടെ ദൃഢമായി ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ധരിച്ചു.

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तथाthus / in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृतवान्having done
कृतवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPast active participle (क्तवत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मराजःKing of Dharma (Yudhishthira)
धर्मराजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मराज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भीष्मेणby Bhishma
भीष्मेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
उक्तःtold / instructed
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
विधिवत्according to rule / duly
विधिवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत्
गो-प्रदानेin the giving of cows (cow-donation)
गो-प्रदाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगोप्रदान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मान्धातुःof Mandhatr
मान्धातुः:
TypeNoun
Rootमान्धातृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
देव-देव-उपदिष्टम्taught by the god of gods
देव-देव-उपदिष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवदेवोपदिष्ट
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सम्यक्properly / well
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
धर्मम्dharma / duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
धारयामासkept in mind / maintained / bore
धारयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormPerfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
J
Janamejaya
B
Bhīṣma
D
Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
B
Bṛhaspati
M
Māndhātṛ
G
go-dāna (gift of cows)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is upheld through disciplined obedience to righteous instruction: Yudhiṣṭhira not only performs charity (go-dāna) according to proper procedure (vidhi) but also internalizes the broader ethical teaching transmitted by authoritative teachers (Bhīṣma and Bṛhaspati).

Vaiśampāyana reports to Janamejaya that, after Bhīṣma prescribes the correct method for gifting cows, Yudhiṣṭhira carries it out exactly; he also remembers and maintains the dharma once taught by Bṛhaspati to the ancient king Māndhātṛ.