Shloka 64

Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

सुकृच्छामापदं प्राप्तश्नान्नद: पुरुषस्तरेत्‌ । पापं तरति चैवेह दुष्कृतं चापकर्षति,अन्नदाता मनुष्य कठिन-से-कठिन आपत्तिमें पड़नेपर भी उस आपत्तिसे पार हो जाता है। वह पापसे उद्धार पा जाता है और भविष्यमें होनेवाले दुष्कर्मोका भी नाश कर देता है

Transliteration

sukṛcchrām āpadaṃ prāptaś chānna-daḥ puruṣas taret | pāpaṃ tarati caiveha duṣkṛtaṃ cāpakarṣati ||

Translation

Bhīṣma ensina que aquele que dá alimento (anna-dāna, a dádiva de comida que sustenta os outros) pode atravessar até a mais severa calamidade quando ela o acomete. Nesta mesma vida ele ultrapassa o pecado e ainda afasta e destrói os efeitos e as inclinações de futuras más ações.

Word by Word

सुvery/well (intensifier)

कृच्छाम्hardship, distress

आपदम्calamity, misfortune

प्राप्तःhaving reached/encountered

अन्नदःgiver of food

पुरुषःman, person

तरेत्would cross/should cross (overcome)

पापम्sin, evil

तरतिcrosses over, overcomes

चand

एवindeed, certainly

इहhere (in this world)

दुष्कृतम्evil deed, wrongdoing

चand

अपकर्षतिremoves, draws away, destroys

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

anna-dātā (giver of food)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes