Shloka 98

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

न धर्म: प्रीयते तात दानैर्दत्तैमहाफलै:

Transliteration

na dharmaḥ prīyate tāta dānaiḥ dattaiḥ mahāphalaiḥ

Translation

తాతా, మహాఫలమిచ్చే దానాలు ఇచ్చినంత మాత్రాన ధర్మం సంతోషించదు.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• धर्मः: dharma; righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीयते: is pleased; becomes pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (प्रीञ्)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (passive-like intransitive usage), Third, Singular

• तात: dear one; son (vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दानैः: by gifts; by acts of giving
• दानैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दत्तैः: given; bestowed
• दत्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (√दा)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महाफलैः: with great results; highly fruitful
• महाफलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाफल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच