Shloka 83

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

एवं सुवर्णमुत्पन्नममपत्यं जातवेदस: । तत्र जाम्बूनदं श्रेष्ठ देवानामपि भूषणम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ suvarṇam utpannam amapatyaṁ jātavedasaḥ | tatra jāmbūnadaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ devānām api bhūṣaṇam ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Так золото возникло как потомство Агни, ведающего все рождения. Среди разновидностей золота то, что зовётся Джамбунада (Jāmbūnada), — наилучшее и служит украшением даже богам».

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्पन्नम्: arisen, produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-√पद् (पद्यते)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अमपत्यम्: offspring (Amā’s child; a name/epithet of gold in some traditions)
• अमपत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जातवेदसः: of Jātavedas (Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तत्र: therein, among that
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• जाम्बूनदम्: Jāmbūnada gold (a superior kind of gold)
• जाम्बूनदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बूनद
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेष्ठम्: best, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भूषणम्: ornament, adornment
• भूषणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Suvarṇa (gold)
• Jāmbūnada (gold)