Shloka 9

मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite

Devanagari script

प्रदानानि तु वक्ष्यामि यानि दत्त्वा युधिष्ठिर । नर: कृत्वाप्यकार्याणि ततो धर्मेण युज्यते

Transliteration

pradānāni tu vakṣyāmi yāni dattvā yudhiṣṭhira | naraḥ kṛtvāpy akāryāṇi tato dharmeṇa yujyate ||

Translation

ହେ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର! ଏବେ ମୁଁ ସେହି ଦାନଗୁଡ଼ିକ କହିବି—ଯାହା ଦେଲେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଅକର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟ କର୍ମ କରିଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ, ପରେ ଧର୍ମ ସହ ପୁନଃ ଯୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• प्रदानानि: gifts, acts of giving
• प्रदानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund, -त्वा)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund, -त्वा)

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अकार्याणि: improper (deeds), forbidden acts
• अकार्याणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• धर्मेण: by/through righteousness, by dharma
• धर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युज्यते: is joined/connected, becomes aligned
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that specific forms of dāna (giving) have a restorative ethical power: even someone burdened by wrongful actions can, by sincere and proper giving, re-align with dharma and resume a righteous course.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, the speaker addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and announces a forthcoming explanation of particular gifts/charitable acts whose performance helps a person recover moral standing after misconduct.