Shloka 6

Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala

On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving

Devanagari script

चम्पकांस्तिलकान्‌ भव्यान्‌ पनसान्‌ वज्जुलानपि । पुष्पितान्‌ कर्णिकारांश्व तत्र तत्र ददर्श ह

Transliteration

campakāṁs tilakān bhavyān panasān vañjulān api | puṣpitān karṇikārāṁś ca tatra tatra dadarśa ha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Ele viu, aqui e ali, esplêndidas árvores em flor—campaka, tilaka, jaqueira, vañjula, e também o karṇikāra florido. A cena realça a beleza ordenada de um bosque-jardim bem cuidado, sugerindo prosperidade, bom augúrio e os frutos silenciosos de um governo segundo o dharma e da harmonia doméstica.”

Word by Word

• चम्पकान्: champaka trees
• चम्पकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तिलकान्: tilaka trees
• तिलकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भव्यान्: beautiful, splendid
• भव्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पनसान्: jackfruit trees
• पनसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पनस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वज्जुलान्: vajjula (a kind of tree/creeper; often identified with cane/rattan)
• वज्जुलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्जुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• पुष्पितान्: in bloom, flowered
• पुष्पितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कर्णिकारान्: karnikāra trees (Pterospermum acerifolium / a flowering tree)
• कर्णिकारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: here and there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• campaka (tree)
• tilaka (tree)
• panasa/jackfruit (tree)
• vañjula (tree)
• karṇikāra (tree)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses flourishing, blossoming trees as a marker of auspicious order—an implicit ethical signal that well-being and beauty arise where life is properly tended, reflecting the fruits of dharmic conduct and stable governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates a scene in which the observer notices various kinds of trees blooming throughout a grove, highlighting the richness and auspicious atmosphere of the place.