Shloka 36

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

Devanagari script

चल हक पका हा मट दहा ? कक पक जे (4. 3-3... अलोभकाम्यया देवि तपसा च शुभानने । प्रसन्नो5हं वरं तस्मादमरत्वं ददामि ते

Transliteration

alobhakāmyayā devi tapasā ca śubhānane | prasanno 'haṃ varaṃ tasmād amaratvaṃ dadāmi te ||

Translation

“Ó deusa, ó formosa de rosto, renunciaste à cobiça e ao desejo egoísta. Satisfeito com a tua austeridade, praticada sem ânsia de recompensa, concedo-te, pois, um dom: a imortalidade.”

Word by Word

• अलोभकाम्यया: by desirelessness (free from greed and craving)
• अलोभकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-लोभ-काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवि: O goddess
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• शुभानने: O fair-faced one
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ-आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Devi (a goddess/divine woman addressed as śubhānane)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity becomes ethically and spiritually potent when it is free from greed and desire for personal gain; such selfless discipline (niṣkāma tapas) is praised as worthy of divine grace and extraordinary reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, speaking in the Anushasana Parva, recounts a moment where a divine woman is commended for performing austerities without greed or wish-fulfillment motives, and he (or the narrator within the cited episode) grants her the boon of immortality as a response to that purity of intent.