Shloka 180

Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites

Devanagari script

पूजामंत्रप्रसादेन तस्मान्नः पाहि पर्वत । अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याद्रत्नमयं गिरिम्

Transliteration

pūjāmaṃtraprasādena tasmānnaḥ pāhi parvata | anena vidhinā yastu dadyādratnamayaṃ girim

Translation

పూజామంత్ర ప్రసాదముచేత, హే పర్వతమా, కనుక మమ్మును రక్షించుము. మరియు ఈ విధానమున ప్రకారం రత్నమయ గిరిని దానం చేయువాడు—

Word by Word

• पूजामन्त्रप्रसादेन: by the grace of the worship-mantra
• पूजामन्त्रप्रसादेन: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा + मन्त्र + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (by the grace/favor of the worship-mantra)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थक अव्यय (therefore)

• नः: us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Genitive/Dative plural enclitic)

• पाहि: protect
• पाहि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पर्वत: O mountain
• पर्वत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• विधिना: by the procedure/rite
• विधिना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle: 'indeed/but')

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रत्नमयम्: gem-made
• रत्नमयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying गिरिम्)

• गिरिम्: mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent; verse addresses ‘Parvata’—a personified mountain or deity of the mountain)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: mountain

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मान्नः → तस्मात् + नः; यस्तु → यः + तु; दद्याद्रत्नमयं → दद्यात् + रत्नमयम्

Characters & Entities

• Parvata (personified Mountain)

FAQs

What practice is referenced by “ratnamayaṃ girim” (a jewel mountain)?

It points to a symbolic or ritualized form of dāna (gift), where an offering is conceived as a ‘mountain of jewels’—either as an actual lavish donation or as a prescribed ritual substitute representing great merit.

How does this verse connect mantra and protection?

It explicitly links protection (pāhi) to ‘pūjāmantra-prasāda’—the favorable power or grace generated through worship accompanied by mantra, implying ritual efficacy and divine safeguarding.

What ethical lesson is implied by this instruction on giving?

The verse suggests that generosity performed according to proper rite (vidhi) is spiritually potent; it frames giving as disciplined, intentional, and connected to sacred practice rather than mere display.