Shloka 45
Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
अन्नदानां हि ये लोकास्तांस्त्वं शूणु जनाधिप । भवनानि प्रकाशन्ते दिवि तेषां महात्मनाम्
Translation
ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– «အို လူအုပ်ချုပ်ရှင်၊ နားထောင်လော့။ အစာလှူဒါန်းသူတို့ ရရှိသော လောကများကို ငါဖော်ပြမည်။ ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ၌ ထိုမဟာစိတ်ဓာတ်ရှိသော အစာအလှူရှင်တို့၏ အိမ်နန်းများသည် အလင်းရောင်ဖြင့် တောက်ပလျက် ရှိနေ၏»။
Word by Word
अन्नदानानाम्of the givers of food / of food-gifts
अन्नदानानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्नदान
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
येwhich/that (those)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लोकाःworlds/realms
लोकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
शृणुhear/listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
जनाधिपO lord of people (king)
जनाधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootजनाधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भवनानिmansions/dwellings
भवनानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभवन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
प्रकाशन्तेshine/are resplendent
प्रकाशन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रकाश्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
दिविin heaven
दिवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महात्मनाम्of the great-souled
महात्मनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नरेश्वरO lord of men (king)
नरेश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes