Shloka 27

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

दशपूर्वान्‌ दशैवान्यांस्तथा संतारयन्ति ते,सुवर्णदानेडकरवं मतिं च भरतर्षभ | 'जो सुवर्ण दान करते हैं, वे अपने पहले और पीछेकी दस-दस पीढ़ियोंका उद्धार कर देते हैं।। राजन! जब मेरे पितरोंने ऐसा कहा तो मेरी नींद खुल गयी। उस समय स्वप्नका स्मरण करके मुझे बड़ा विस्मय हुआ। प्रजानाथ! भरतश्रेष्ठ! तब मैंने सुवर्णदान करनेका निश्चित विचार कर लिया

Transliteration

daśapūrvān daśaivānyāṁs tathā saṁtārayanti te | suvarṇadānena karavaṁ matiṁ ca bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు అన్నాడు—సువర్ణదానం చేసే వారు తమకు ముందున్న పది తరాలను, అలాగే తమ తరువాతి పది తరాలను కూడా उद्धరిస్తారు. కాబట్టి, ఓ భరతశ్రేష్ఠా, సువర్ణదానంపై దృఢ సంకల్పం స్థిరపరచు.

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पूर्वान्: former/previous (ancestors)
• पूर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्यान्: other (descendants)
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• संतारयन्ति: they cause to cross over / deliver
• Type: Verb
• Root: संतारय् (सम्+तॄ/तारय् caus.)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुवर्ण: in/with gold
• सुवर्ण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दाने: in giving (as a gift)
• दाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करवम्: may I do / I should do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति) / करव (optative base)
• Form: Optative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मतिम्: intention/thought
• मतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bharatarshabha (honorific addressee, typically Yudhishthira)
• Suvarṇa (gold, as the object of donation)