Shloka 24

Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam

The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting

Devanagari script

अवश्यं मानना कार्या तवास्माभिय्यशस्विनि । शकृन्मूत्रे निवस त्वं पुण्यमेतद्धि नः शुभे

Transliteration

avaśyaṁ mānanā kāryā tavāsmābhir yaśasvini | śakṛn-mūtre nivasa tvaṁ puṇyam etad dhi naḥ śubhe ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «О славная госпожа, нам непременно надлежит воздать тебе почёт. Обитай в нашем коровьем навозе и моче, о благоприятная, ибо эти две вещи почитаются нами как наивысше очищающие».

Word by Word

• अवश्यम्: certainly, necessarily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• मानना: honouring, respect
• मानना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानना
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• कार्या: should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular (gerundive; 'to be done')

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, plural

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, vocative, singular

• शकृत्: in dung
• शकृत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकृत्
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

• मूत्रे: in urine
• मूत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र
• Form: Neuter, locative, singular

• निवस: dwell, reside
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वस्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, singular (parasmaipada)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, singular

• पुण्यम्: holy, pure
• पुण्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, plural (enclitic)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a revered woman addressed as Yaśasvinī/Śubhe
• cow-dung
• cow-urine

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames respect (mānanā) as a duty and links it with traditional notions of ritual purity, affirming that certain substances—here cow-dung and cow-urine—are culturally treated as purifying and therefore worthy of reverent association.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses an auspicious, illustrious female figure and formally grants her honor while directing her to reside in cow-dung and urine, reflecting a discourse on purity practices and the sanctity attributed to bovine products in dharma-oriented instruction.