Shloka 34

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

सोमप: सूर्यसावित्रो दत्तात्मा पुण्डरीयक: । उष्णीनाभो नभोददश्च विश्वायुर्दीप्तिरेव च

Transliteration

somapaḥ sūryasāvitro dattātmā puṇḍarīyakaḥ | uṣṇīnābho nabhodadaś ca viśvāyur dīptir eva ca ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «(သူ့ကို) သောမပ (Somapa)၊ သုရျ-သာဝိတ္ရ (Sūrya-Sāvitra)၊ ဒတ္တာတ္မာ (Dattātmā)၊ ပုဏ္ဍရီးယက (Puṇḍarīyaka) ဟူ၍ ချီးမွမ်းကြသကဲ့သို့၊ ထို့ပြင် ဥဿ္ဏီနာဘ (Uṣṇīn ābha)၊ နဘိုဒဒ (Nabhodada)၊ ဝိශ්ဝာယု (Viśvāyu) နှင့် ဒီပ္တိ (Dīpti) ဟူ၍လည်း ခေါ်ကြသည်»။ ဤအပိုဒ်တွင် ဘီရှ္မသည် သန့်ရှင်းမြတ်နိုးဖွယ် အမည်တော်များကို ဆက်လက်တင်ပြကာ၊ တောက်ပသော သာသနာတော်ရောင်ခြည်၊ အသက်ကိုထောက်ပံ့သော အင်အားနှင့် သန့်စင်မှုကို ထင်ဟပ်စေပြီး၊ ထိုဂုဏ်တော်များကို သတိရခြင်းဖြင့် ဘက္တိနှင့် သီလတည်ကြည်မှုကို မွေးမြူရန် တိုက်တွန်းသည်။

Word by Word

• सोमपः: Soma-drinker
• सोमपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूर्यसावित्रः: Sun and Savitṛ (as one epithet)
• सूर्यसावित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यसावित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तात्मा: self-surrendered; devoted
• दत्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्तात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीयकः: lotus-like one; Pundarīyaka
• पुण्डरीयकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उष्णीनाभः: having a hot navel; Uṣṇīnाभ
• उष्णीनाभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णीनाभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नभोददः: sky-giver; cloud (giver of water)
• नभोददः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभोदद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विश्वायुः: having universal life; all-lived
• विश्वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीप्तिः: splendour; radiance
• दीप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Soma
• Sūrya
• Savitṛ

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverent recollection: by contemplating a series of divine epithets—radiance (dīpti), universal life-breath (viśvāyu), purity (puṇḍarīyaka), and self-surrender (dattātmā)—one is guided toward inner clarity, devotion, and steadiness in dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is continuing a formal enumeration of sacred names/attributes (a stotra-like catalogue). The narrative function is to glorify the revered being through multiple Vedic and symbolic titles, each pointing to a distinct ethical-spiritual quality.