Shloka 4

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

पुष्ट्यर्थमेता: सेवेत शान्त्यर्थमपि चैव ह | पयोदधिघृतं चासां सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्‌

Transliteration

puṣṭyartham etāḥ seveta śāntyartham api caiva ha | payo-dadhi-ghṛtaṃ cāsāṃ sarva-pāpa-pramocanam ||

Translation

“ଦେହର ପୁଷ୍ଟି ପାଇଁ ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର ବିଘ୍ନ-ଉପଦ୍ରବର ଶାନ୍ତି ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହି ଗାଈମାନଙ୍କୁ ସେବା କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ତାଙ୍କର ଦୁଧ, ଦଧି ଓ ଘୃତ ସର୍ବପାପ-ପ୍ରମୋଚକ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ।”

Word by Word

• पुष्ट्यर्थम्: for the sake of nourishment
• पुष्ट्यर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एताः: these (cows)
• एताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सेवेत: should serve/attend (to)
• सेवेत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव्
• Form: Present, Optative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• शान्त्यर्थम्: for the sake of pacification/peace
• शान्त्यर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

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

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दधि: curd/yogurt
• दधि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• घृतम्: ghee/clarified butter
• घृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• आसाम्: of these (cows)
• आसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (स्त्री. बहु.)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रमोचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• cows
• milk
• curd
• ghee

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Service to cows and the use of their sattvic products (milk, curd, ghee) are presented as dharmic supports for bodily well-being and for cultivating peace, with a traditional claim that they aid in purification from sin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma continues advising on dharma and meritorious practices, here emphasizing the religious-ethical value of honoring cows and the purificatory status attributed to their products.