Shloka 20

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

Devanagari script

एष ते विततो यज्ञ: श्रद्धापूत: सदक्षिण: । विशिष्ट: सर्वयज्ञेभ्यो ददतस्तात वर्तताम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa te vitato yajñaḥ śraddhāpūtaḥ sadakṣiṇaḥ | viśiṣṭaḥ sarvayajñebhyo dadatastāta vartatām ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်။ “သင်၏ ဤဒါနယဇ္ဉာသည် အကျယ်အဝန်းကြီးမား၍ သဒ္ဓါဖြင့် သန့်စင်ထားကာ ထိုက်သင့်သူတို့အား ဒက္ခိဏာ (dakṣiṇā) ကိုလည်း ပြည့်စုံစွာ ပေးထားသည်။ ယဇ္ဉာအားလုံးထက် ထူးမြတ်သည်။ ချစ်သားရေ—သင်ပေးကမ်းနေသမျှ ဤပူဇော်သက္ကာသည် အမြဲတမ်း ဆက်လက်တည်ရှိပါစေ။”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (he/it)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• विततः: expanded, extensive
• विततः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; (here) sacrificial act of giving
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रद्धा: by faith
• श्रद्धा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• दक्षिणः: with sacrificial fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• विशिष्टः: distinguished, superior
• विशिष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वयज्ञेभ्यः: than all sacrifices
• सर्वयज्ञेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• ददतः: of (you) who are giving
• ददतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present (Shatru-participle), —, Singular, Genitive singular masculine/neuter participle

• तात: dear one; son (vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वर्तताम्: let it continue / may it proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the addressed recipient (tāta; likely Yudhisthira in context)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• dakṣiṇā (sacrificial gift/fee)