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Shloka 55

Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla

बलिकर्मसु वक्ष्यामि गुणान्‌ कर्मफलोदयान्‌ | देवयक्षोरगनृणां भूतानामथ रक्षसाम्‌,अब मैं देवताओं, यक्षों, नागों, मनुष्यों, भूतों तथा राक्षस्रोंको बलि समर्पण करनेसे जो लाभ होता है, जिन फलोंका उदय होता है, उनका वर्णन करूँगा

balikarmasu vakṣyāmi guṇān karmaphalodayān | devayakṣoraganṝṇāṃ bhūtānām atha rakṣasām ||

ศุกระกล่าวว่า—“บัดนี้เราจักพรรณนาคุณและการบังเกิดแห่งผลกรรมของการถวายบลี (เครื่องบูชา/น้อมสังเวย)—คือประโยชน์ที่เกิดจากการน้อมบลีแด่เทพ ยักษ์ นาค มนุษย์ ภูต และรวมทั้งรากษส”

बलिकर्मसुin acts of offering (bali-rites)
बलिकर्मसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबलिकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
वक्ष्यामिI shall speak / I will describe
वक्ष्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
गुणान्qualities, merits
गुणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कर्मफलोदयान्the arising of results of actions
कर्मफलोदयान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मफलोदय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
देवof the gods
देव:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
यक्षof the yakṣas
यक्ष:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
उरगof the serpents (nāgas)
उरग:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootउरग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नृणाम्of men
नृणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootनृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
भूतानाम्of beings / spirits
भूतानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
अथand then / also
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
रक्षसाम्of the rākṣasas
रक्षसाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural

शुक्र उवाच

Ś
Śukra
D
Devas
Y
Yakṣas
U
Uragas (Nāgas/serpents)
H
Humans (nara)
B
Bhūtas
R
Rākṣasas
B
Bali (ritual offering)

Educational Q&A

Śukra introduces a dharmic principle: offerings (bali) made with proper intent and method generate specific merits and tangible results (karma-phala). The teaching frames ritual giving as ethically consequential—an ordered way of relating to diverse classes of beings and sustaining harmony.

Śukra begins a new explanatory section, announcing that he will enumerate the qualities and resulting benefits of bali-offerings directed to different recipients—divine beings, semi-divine spirits, serpents, humans, bhūtas, and rākṣasas—setting up a systematic discussion of ritual practice and its outcomes.