Shloka 11

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

सा गच्छन्त्यन्तरा छायां वृक्षमाश्रित्य भामिनी

Transliteration

sā gacchantyantarā chāyāṃ vṛkṣam āśritya bhāminī

Translation

ఆ భామిని వెళ్తూ వెళ్తూ ఒక వృక్షాన్ని ఆశ్రయించి దాని నీడలో నిలిచింది.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गच्छन्ती: going, while going
• गच्छन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी

• अन्तरा: in between; meanwhile
• अन्तरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरा (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• छायाम्: shade, shadow
• छायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वृक्षम्: a tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to; taking shelter of
• आश्रित्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), absolutive

• भामिनी: the beautiful/bright woman
• भामिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a woman (bhāminī)
• tree (vṛkṣa)
• shade (chāyā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores a simple ethical motif often used in Mahābhārata narratives: seeking proper shelter and restraint in movement—symbolically, choosing the ‘shade’ of protection and propriety rather than exposure to danger or impropriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a woman proceeding on her way; she keeps to the shade by taking refuge near a tree, a brief scene-setting detail that situates her movement and condition.