Shloka 19

Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna

Utility Gifts

Devanagari script

अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यद्‌ वित्तनिचयो महान्‌

Transliteration

anartho brāhmaṇasya eṣa yad vittanicayo mahān

Translation

ဘိဿမက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «ဗြာဟ္မဏအတွက် အမှန်တကယ် အကံမကောင်းခြင်းဟူသည် ငွေကြေးဥစ္စာကို အလွန်အကျွံ စုဆောင်း၍ အစုကြီး ဖြစ်စေခြင်းပင် ဖြစ်သည်»။

Word by Word

• अनर्थः: harm, misfortune
• अनर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वित्तनिचयः: accumulation of wealth
• वित्तनिचयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त-निचय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great, large
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• brāhmaṇa
• wealth (vitta)
• hoard/accumulation (nicaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A brāhmaṇa’s dharma is undermined by excessive hoarding of wealth; accumulation breeds attachment and distracts from learning, self-control, and righteous living.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva, he lays down ethical guidance about proper conduct, here cautioning against large-scale wealth accumulation for brāhmaṇas.