Shloka 9

Devanagari script

धेन्वा: प्रमाणेन समप्रमाणां धेनुं तिलानामपि च प्रदाय । पानीयदाता च यमस्य लोके न यातनां काज्चिदुपैति तत्र,जो गायके बराबर तिलकी गाय बनाकर उसका दान करता है, अथवा जो जलधेनुका दान करता है, उसे यमलोकमें जाकर वहाँकी कोई यातना नहीं भोगनी पड़ती है

Transliteration

dhenvāḥ pramāṇena samapramāṇāṃ dhenuṃ tilānām api ca pradāya | pānīyadātā ca yamasya loke na yātanāṃ kāñcid upaiti tatra ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha berkata: Sesiapa yang mendermakan seekor lembu yang dibuat daripada biji bijan, dibentuk dengan ukuran yang sama seperti lembu sebenar, dan demikian juga sesiapa yang mengurniakan sedekah air minum—penderma itu, apabila sampai ke alam Yama, tidak menanggung sebarang seksaan di sana.

Word by Word

धेन्वाःof a cow

प्रमाणेनby measure / in quantity

समप्रमाणाम्equal in measure (to that cow)

धेनुम्a cow

तिलानाम्of sesame seeds

अपिalso / even

चand

प्रदायhaving given

पानीयदाताgiver of water

चand

यमस्यof Yama

लोकेin the world/realm

नnot

यातनाम्torment / punishment

काञ्चित्any (at all)

उपैतिattains / undergoes

तत्रthere

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Yama

Yamaloka

tiladhenu (sesame-cow gift)

pānīya (drinking water)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charitable gifts that sustain life and welfare—symbolized by donating a properly measured sesame-cow (tiladhenu) and especially the gift of drinking water—generate merit that protects the donor from suffering in Yama’s realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the fruits of specific forms of dāna (ritual and practical charity). He states that donors of a tiladhenu and donors of drinking water do not face punitive torments after death in Yamaloka.