Shloka 27

Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla

Devanagari script

द्विविधो हि स्मृतो गन्ध इष्टोडनिष्ट श्व पुष्पज: । इष्टगन्धानि देवानां पुष्पाणीति विभावय

Transliteration

dvividho hi smṛto gandha iṣṭo 'niṣṭaś ca puṣpajaḥ | iṣṭagandhāni devānāṁ puṣpāṇīti vibhāvaya ||

Translation

ଶୁକ୍ର କହିଲେ—ପୁଷ୍ପଜ ଗନ୍ଧ ଦୁଇ ପ୍ରକାର ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ: ଇଷ୍ଟ (ପ୍ରିୟ) ଓ ଅନିଷ୍ଟ (ଅପ୍ରିୟ)। ଏହା ଭଲଭାବେ ମନେ ରଖ—ଇଷ୍ଟଗନ୍ଧଯୁକ୍ତ ସୁଗନ୍ଧି ପୁଷ୍ପ ଦେବତାମାନଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରିୟ।

Word by Word

• द्विविधः: twofold
• द्विविधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विविध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• स्मृतः: is said/remembered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• गन्धः: smell/fragrance
• गन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इष्टः: pleasant/desired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिष्टः: unpleasant/undesired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुष्पजः: born from flowers; floral
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इष्टगन्धानि: having pleasant fragrance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्टगन्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विभावय: consider/understand/keep in mind
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-भू
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, परस्मैपद

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• devas (gods)
• puṣpa (flowers)
• gandha (fragrance)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Discernment and purity in offerings: just as fragrances are of pleasing and displeasing kinds, one should choose what is agreeable and pure—symbolized by sweet-smelling flowers—as fit for divine worship and ethically refined conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra is instructing his listener by using a simple example from ritual life: among flowers, those with pleasing fragrance are preferred by the gods, so one should keep this principle in mind when selecting offerings and cultivating what is spiritually acceptable.