Shloka 34

Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna

Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद

Devanagari script

रथमश्वसमायुक्तं दत्त्वाश्विन्यां नरोत्तम: । हस्त्यश्वरथसम्पन्ने वर्चस्वी जायते कुले

Transliteration

ratham aśva-samāyuktaṃ dattvāśvinyāṃ narottamaḥ | hasty-aśva-ratha-sampanne varcasvī jāyate kule ||

Translation

Нарада сказал: «Если достойнейший человек во время лунной стоянки Ашвини (Aśvinī) дарует колесницу, запряжённую конями, то он переродится в роду, богатом слонами, конями и колесницами, и станет там сияющим и славным.»

Word by Word

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अश्व-समायुक्तम्: yoked/connected with horses
• अश्व-समायुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व-समायुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• अश्विन्याम्: in (the nakshatra) Ashvinī
• अश्विन्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विनी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• नर-उत्तमः: the best of men
• नर-उत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-सम्पन्ने: in (a family) endowed with elephants, horses, and chariots
• हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-सम्पन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-सम्पन्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्चस्वी: splendid, radiant
• वर्चस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्चस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जायते: is born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जायते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aśvinī (nakṣatra)
• chariot (ratha)
• horses (aśva)
• elephants (hasti)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charity performed with proper intention and at an auspicious time is praised as dharma and is said to yield tangible karmic results—prosperity, status, and personal radiance in a future birth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing the specific merit (phala) of donating a horse-yoked chariot during the Aśvinī nakṣatra, stating that the donor attains rebirth in a well-equipped, prosperous lineage and becomes illustrious.