Shloka 39

Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

अलाभे यो गवां दद्याद्‌ घृतधेनुं यतव्रत: । तस्यैता घृतवाहिन्यः भरन्ते वत्सला इव

Transliteration

alābhe yo gavāṁ dadyād ghṛtadhenūṁ yatavrataḥ | tasyaitā ghṛtavāhinyas bharante vatsalā iva ||

Translation

गायींचा अभाव असता जो संयमी, व्रतनिष्ठ पुरुष ‘घृतधेनु’चे दान करतो, त्याच्यासाठी या घृतवाहिनी नद्या वत्सल गायींसारख्या घृत प्रवाहित करतात।

Word by Word

• अलाभे: in (a state of) non-attainment/absence
• अलाभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलाभ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• घृतधेनुम्: a ghee-cow (cow yielding ghee; a special gift-cow)
• घृतधेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृतधेनु
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यतव्रतः: one whose vow is restrained/observant of vows
• यतव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• घृतवाहिन्यः: ghee-carrying/flowing with ghee
• घृतवाहिन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतवाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• भरन्ते: they bear/bring forth (i.e., pour/produce)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• वत्सलाः: affectionate (to their calves)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्सल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

नाचिकेत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• नाचिकेत (Naciketas)
• गावः (cows)
• घृतधेनु (ghee-cow, ritual gift)
• घृतवाहिन्यः (rivers flowing with ghee)