Shloka 9

Karma-Phala Rahasya and the Ethics of Dāna (कर्मफल-रहस्यं दानधर्मश्च)

Devanagari script

वाहनानि च यानानि योगात्मनि तपोधने । अग्नीनुपशयानस्य राज्ञ: पौरुषमेव च,जिसका चित्त योगयुक्त होता है उस तपोधन पुरुषको दूसरे जन्ममें अच्छे-अच्छे वाहन और यान उपलब्ध होते हैं तथा अग्निकी उपासना करनेवाले राजाको जन्मान्तरमें पौरुषकी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | vāhanāni ca yānāni yogātmani tapodhane | agnīn upaśayānasya rājñaḥ pauruṣam eva ca |

Translation

वाहनानि च यानानि योगात्मनि तपोधने। अग्नीनुपशयानस्य राज्ञः पौरुषमेव च॥

Word by Word

वाहनानिvehicles, conveyances

चand

यानानिcarriages, mounts, means of travel

योगात्मनिin/for one whose self is in yoga (yoga-possessed)

तपोधनेin/for the ascetic (one whose wealth is austerity)

अग्नीन्fires (sacred fires)

उपशयानस्यof one who serves/attends upon (worships)

राज्ञःof the king

पौरुषम्manliness, valor, prowess

एवindeed, only

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

a yoga-established ascetic (tapodhana)

a king (rājā)

sacred fires (agni)

vehicles/conveyances (vāhana, yāna)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes