Shloka 83
Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites
न तत्फलमधीतेषु कृतेष्विह यदश्नुते । तस्माद्दानं प्रवक्ष्यामि पर्वतानामनुक्रमात्
na tatphalamadhīteṣu kṛteṣviha yadaśnute | tasmāddānaṃ pravakṣyāmi parvatānāmanukramāt
Не обретают здесь того высшего плода лишь учением или совершением обрядов. Потому я изложу, по порядку, установление о дарении в связи со священными горами.
Unspecified narrator/sage (contextual speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Concept: Study and ritual alone do not yield the same supreme fruit as properly taught dāna; generosity is elevated as a decisive purifier and merit-multiplier.
Application: Balance learning and ritual with tangible service: give time, resources, and protection; convert knowledge into compassionate action.
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: mountain
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sage narrator turns from a stack of study texts and ritual implements toward a procession of symbolic mountains, as if unveiling a map of sacred peaks. Each mountain is represented by a small icon—snowy summit, forested slopes, and a shrine—while the sage declares that the highest fruit is reached not by study alone but by ordered, purposeful giving.","primary_figures":["sage/narrator","disciples or a royal listener","personified mountains (symbolic)"],"setting":"A teaching hall that opens into a visionary panorama of mountains arranged in sequence, like a sacred itinerary or cosmological diagram.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["granite gray","snow white","pine green","ochre","sunlit gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: sage teaching with emphatic gesture, manuscripts and ritual tools set aside, a row of stylized mountains each with a tiny shrine and flags; gold leaf accents on shrine domes and halos, rich earthy reds/greens, ornate frame suggesting a sacred atlas.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: panoramic Himalayan-like sequence of peaks with delicate trees and small temples, sage and listener in the foreground; cool mountain palette, lyrical naturalism, fine detailing of paths and shrines.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized mountain icons in ordered bands, sage speaking, disciples attentive; bold outlines, warm pigments, temple-wall diagrammatic clarity with decorative borders.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: mountains rendered as patterned motifs within floral borders, small shrines and flags, sage in foreground; deep blue or earthy ground with gold highlights, intricate vines and lotus motifs framing the ‘anukrama’ (sequence)."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["wind through trees","distant temple bell","footsteps on stone path (suggestive)","brief emphatic pause after contrast statement"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तत्फलम् = तत्-फलम्; अधीतेषु कृतेषु (locative absolute sense); यदश्नुते = यत् अश्नुते; तस्माद्दानं = तस्मात् दानम्; पर्वतानामनुक्रमात् = पर्वतानाम् अनुक्रमात्
FAQs
It states that the highest fruit is not attained merely by study (adhyayana) or by performed rites; the text then turns to dāna as the teaching focus.
It introduces a structured explanation of charitable giving connected to sacred geography—specifically, a sequential account associated with notable mountains.
The verse highlights that inner religious aim is supported by generosity and giving, not only by intellectual learning or ritual performance.