Shloka 39

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

Devanagari script

ब्रवीमि सत्यमेतच्च यथाहं पाण्डुनन्दन । तेन सत्येन गच्छेयं लोकान्‌ यत्र च शान्तनु:

Transliteration

bravīmi satyam etac ca yathāhaṃ pāṇḍunandana | tena satyena gaccheyaṃ lokān yatra ca śāntanuḥ ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਪਾਂਡੁਨੰਦਨ! ਮੈਂ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਹੈ ਤਿਵੇਂ ਇਹ ਸੱਚ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਉਸ ਸੱਚ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਾਂ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਪਿਤਾ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਨੁ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• ब्रवीमि: I say/speak
• ब्रवीमि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pandu
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सत्येन: by (the power of) truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन

• गच्छेयम्: may I go
• गच्छेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/इच्छा), उत्तम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

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

• शान्तनुः: Shantanu
• शान्तनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍunandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Śāntanu
• lokāḥ (realms/worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness (satya) is presented as a potent moral force: speaking truth is not merely ethical conduct but a source of spiritual merit capable of guiding one toward auspicious realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira, affirms the truth of what he is saying and expresses a wish that, by the merit of that truth, he may attain the same heavenly realms reached by his father Śāntanu.