Shloka 11

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

सा गच्छन्त्यन्तरा छायां वृक्षमाश्रित्य भामिनी

Transliteration

sā gacchantyantarā chāyāṃ vṛkṣam āśritya bhāminī

Translation

ती भामिनी चालता चालता एका वृक्षाचा आश्रय घेऊन त्याच्या सावलीत गेली.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गच्छन्ती: going, while going
• गच्छन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी

• अन्तरा: in between; meanwhile
• अन्तरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरा (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• छायाम्: shade, shadow
• छायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वृक्षम्: a tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to; taking shelter of
• आश्रित्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), absolutive

• भामिनी: the beautiful/bright woman
• भामिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a woman (bhāminī)
• tree (vṛkṣa)
• shade (chāyā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores a simple ethical motif often used in Mahābhārata narratives: seeking proper shelter and restraint in movement—symbolically, choosing the ‘shade’ of protection and propriety rather than exposure to danger or impropriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a woman proceeding on her way; she keeps to the shade by taking refuge near a tree, a brief scene-setting detail that situates her movement and condition.