Shloka 8

The Greatness of Worshiping Rādhā and Dāmodara

Kārttika Observances and Their Fruit

Devanagari script

यत्किंचिद्यच्छति ब्रह्मन्कार्तिके च द्विजातये । राधादामोदरप्रीत्यै तस्याः पुण्याक्षयं भवेत्

Transliteration

yatkiṃcidyacchati brahmankārtike ca dvijātaye | rādhādāmodaraprītyai tasyāḥ puṇyākṣayaṃ bhavet

Translation

ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ! കാർത്തിക മാസത്തിൽ രാധാ-ദാമോദരന്മാരുടെ പ്രീതിക്കായി ദ്വിജനു എന്തെങ്കിലും ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, ആ ദാനത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യം അക്ഷയമാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun used correlatively with किम्-

• किंचित्: anything, something
• किंचित्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite pronoun

• यच्छति: gives
• यच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यच्छ्/यम् (धातु; यच्छति = ददाति अर्थे)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin / O venerable one
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); time-locative

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• द्विजातये: to a twice-born (Brahmin etc.)
• द्विजातये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• राधा-दामोदर-प्रीत्यै: for the pleasure of Rādhā and Dāmodara
• राधा-दामोदर-प्रीत्यै: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/हेतु-अर्थे चतुर्थी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधा (प्रातिपदिक) + दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); purpose-dative: ‘for the pleasure (प्रीति) of Rādhā and Dāmodara’

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• पुण्य-अक्षयम्: inexhaustible merit
• पुण्य-अक्षयम्: Karta (कर्ता) / Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/speaker (context not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: यत्किंचिद्यच्छति = यत् + किंचित् + यच्छति; ब्रह्मन्कार्तिके = ब्रह्मन् + कार्तिके; पुण्याक्षयम् = पुण्य + अक्षयम्

Characters & Entities

• Radha
• Damodara (Krishna)
• Brahmin (dvija)

FAQs

What religious practice is praised in this verse?

It praises giving charity (dāna) during the month of Kārtika to a dvija (especially a Brāhmaṇa), when done as an offering for the pleasure of Rādhā and Dāmodara.

What does 'akṣaya puṇya' mean here?

Akṣaya puṇya means undiminishing or inexhaustible merit—spiritual benefit that is described as not running out or being depleted.

What ethical lesson does this verse emphasize?

It emphasizes generosity aligned with devotion: even a small gift, when offered with sincere bhakti and at an auspicious time (Kārtika), is valued as spiritually powerful.