Shloka 133

Right Conduct, Offenses Against Brāhmaṇas, Truthfulness, and the Greatness of the Cow

Go-Māhātmya

Devanagari script

अतएव मया दत्तं वरं चातिसुशोभनम् । एकजन्मनि ते मोक्षस्तवास्त्विति विनिश्चितम्

Transliteration

ataeva mayā dattaṃ varaṃ cātisuśobhanam | ekajanmani te mokṣastavāstviti viniścitam

Translation

ଏହିହେତୁ ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଅତିଶୟ ଶୋଭନ ଏହି ବର ଦେଇଛି—ଏକ ଜନ୍ମରେ ହିଁ ତୁମର ମୋକ୍ଷ ହେବ ବୋଲି ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ହୋଇଛି।

Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore/from this
• ataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), कारणार्थे/हेतौ (causal sense)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• dattam: given
• dattam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), क्त-प्रत्यय, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (given)

• varam: boon
• varam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• ati-su-śobhanam: very splendid
• ati-su-śobhanam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + su (अव्यय) + śobhana (शोभन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'varam'); उपसर्ग/निपात-पूर्वक तीव्रार्थ (very exceedingly)

• eka-janmani: in one birth
• eka-janmani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (एक प्रातिपदिक) + janman (जन्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संख्यापूर्वक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• te: for you/to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• mokṣaḥ: liberation
• mokṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (मोक्ष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tava: your/of you
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-उक्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• viniścitam: (it is) determined
• viniścitam: Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√ci (चि धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), क्त-प्रत्यय, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि (decided/ascertained)

Speaker

Unspecified in provided excerpt (speaker grants a boon).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ataeva → ataḥ + eva; cātisuśobhanam → ca + ati-su-śobhanam; mokṣastavāstviti → mokṣaḥ + tava + astu + iti.

FAQs

What is the central promise made in this verse?

The speaker grants a boon guaranteeing mokṣa (liberation) within a single lifetime.

Does the verse specify the method or practice that leads to liberation?

Not in this standalone shloka; it only states the certainty of liberation as a granted boon, implying prior context about merit, devotion, or austerity.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this verse convey?

It emphasizes the power of divine grace and the decisive nature of a boon when bestowed by an authoritative spiritual/divine speaker.