Shloka 11

Brahmapūjā-kāraṇa-prśnaḥ and Keśava–Viṣvaksena-stuti

Question on Brahmin veneration; hymn on Kṛṣṇa as cosmic order

Devanagari script

यह पाँच प्रकारका दान पुण्य और कीर्तिको बढ़ानेवाला है। यथाशक्ति सबको दान देना चाहिये। ऐसा प्रजापतिका कथन है

Transliteration

etad dānaṁ pañcavidhaṁ puṇya-kīrti-vivardhanam | yathāśakti sarvebhyo dānaṁ dātavyam | iti prajāpateḥ vacanam |

Translation

ဘိဿမက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «ဤငါးမျိုးသော ဒါနသည် ကုသိုလ်နှင့် ကောင်းသတင်းကောင်းဂုဏ်ကို တိုးပွားစေသည်။ မိမိ၏ အင်အားအလျောက် လူအားလုံးကို လှူသင့်သည်– ဤသည်မှာ ပရဇာပတိ၏ သွန်သင်ချက်ဖြစ်သည်»။

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• pañca: five
• pañca: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: pañca
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• prakāram: kind/type (as: of five kinds)
• prakāram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakāra
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• dānam: gift/charity
• dānam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• puṇya: of merit/virtue
• puṇya: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• kīrteḥ: of fame
• kīrteḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• vardhanam: increase/promoter
• vardhanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vardhana
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• asti: is
• asti: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: present, third, singular

• yathāśakti: according to one's ability
• yathāśakti: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā-śakti

• sarvebhyaḥ: to all
• sarvebhyaḥ: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: sarva
• Form: masculine, dative, plural

• dātavyam: should be given
• dātavyam: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā
• Form: gerundive (tavya), neuter, nominative, singular

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• prajāpateḥ: of Prajāpati
• prajāpateḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• vacanam: statement/utterance
• vacanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Prajapati