Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 25 Shloka 39 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

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Shloka 39

अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence

Devanagari script

गामश्चृ वित्तमन्नं वा तद्विधे प्रतिपादयेत्‌ । द्रव्याणि चान्यानि तथा प्रेत्यभावे न शोचति

Transliteration

gām aśvaṁ vittam annaṁ vā tadvidhe pratipādayet | dravyāṇi cānyāni tathā pretyabhāve na śocati ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ପାତ୍ରକୁ ଗାଈ, ଘୋଡ଼ା, ଧନ, ଅନ୍ନ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ଦ୍ରବ୍ୟ ଦାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ଏପରି ସୁବିନିଯୋଗରେ ଦିଆ ଦାନ ଦାତାକୁ ମୃତ୍ୟୁ ପରେ ପଶ୍ଚାତ୍ତାପରେ ପକାଏ ନାହିଁ; ସୁପାତ୍ରେ ନିବେଦିତ ଦାନ ପରଲୋକ ଶୋକରୁ ରକ୍ଷା କରେ ଓ ଧର୍ମକୁ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କରେ।

Word by Word

गाम्a cow

चand

ऋalso / further (particle; here as part of sandhi in the transmitted text)

वित्तम्wealth, money

अन्नम्food

वाor

तद्विधेto one of that kind (a worthy person of that type)

प्रतिपादयेत्should give / should bestow

द्रव्याणिgoods, substances

चand

अन्यानिother

तथाlikewise, in the same way

प्रेत्यhaving died / after departing (from this world)

अभावेin non-existence; after death; in the state of being gone

नnot

शोचतिgrieves, regrets

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

cow (go)

horse (aśva)

wealth (vitta)

food (anna)

goods/valuables (dravya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charity should be directed to a worthy recipient (pātra). Giving valuable items—cows, horses, wealth, food, and other goods—when properly placed becomes a dharmic act that prevents remorse after death.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising on the ethics of giving: he specifies exemplary gifts and emphasizes that the donor’s peace in the hereafter depends on giving appropriately to the deserving.