Shloka 716

Devanagari script

गामेकां निष्कसंयुक्तां ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्‌ । हरिवंशकी समाप्ति होनेपर एक हजार ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन कराये तथा स्वर्णमुद्रासहित एक गौ ब्राह्मणको दान दे

Transliteration

gām ekāṁ niṣkasaṁyuktāṁ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: следует преподнести брахману одну корову вместе с нишкой (золотой монетой или украшением). Этот отрывок представляет такой дар как великую заслугу да́ны — почитание священного знания и поддержание жреческой общины щедрыми подношениями по завершении почитаемого чтения.

Word by Word

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एकाम्: one (single)
• एकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• निष्कसंयुक्ताम्: joined with a niṣka (gold coin/ornament)
• निष्कसंयुक्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्क-संयुक्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• निवेदयेत्: should offer/present (as a gift)
• निवेदयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brāhmaṇa
• cow (go)
• niṣka (gold coin/ornament)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the dharmic value of dāna: offering a cow together with gold to a worthy Brāhmaṇa is presented as a meritorious, ethically elevating act that supports sacred learning and social-religious duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a prescriptive statement (vidhi) describing an appropriate charitable offering—specifically, gifting a cow accompanied by a niṣka to a Brāhmaṇa—within the concluding, merit-focused atmosphere of the Svargārohaṇa section.