Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कपिलानां सवत्सानां वर्षमेक॑ निरन्तरम्‌ | यो दद्यात्‌ सुकृतं तद्धि श्रवणात्‌ कर्णपर्वण:

Transliteration

kapilānāṁ savatsānāṁ varṣam ekaṁ nirantaram | yo dadyāt sukṛtaṁ tad dhi śravaṇāt karṇaparvaṇaḥ ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— कपिलानां सवत्सानां वर्षमेकं निरन्तरम्। यो दद्यात् सुकृतं तद्धि श्रवणात् कर्णपर्वणः॥

Word by Word

• कपिलानाम्: of tawny (kapilā) cows
• कपिलानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (गो)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सवत्सानाम्: of (those) with calves
• सवत्सानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सवत्स (वत्स-युक्त)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• वर्षम्: for a year
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Vidhi-ling (Optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुकृतम्: merit, good deed (result)
• सुकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• श्रवणात्: from hearing, by (mere) hearing
• श्रवणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणः: of the Karṇa-parvan (Karna section/book)
• कर्णपर्वणः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa Parva
• kapilā cows
• calves

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reverent listening to the Mahābhārata—here specifically the Karṇa Parva—is presented as a powerful dharmic practice, yielding merit comparable to an extended, costly charity (donating tawny cows with calves daily for a year).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana states a śravaṇa-phala (benefit of hearing) claim: the spiritual reward of a major year-long gift is said to be attainable through the act of listening to the Karṇa Parva.