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Shloka 18

Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya

The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift

यत्‌ पिबन्ति जल तत्र स्नायन्ते विश्रमन्ति च । तडागे यस्य तत्‌ सर्व प्रेत्यानन्त्याय कल्पते

yat pibanti jala tatra snāyante viśramanti ca | taḍāge yasya tat sarva pretyānantyāya kalpate ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—หากผู้คนดื่มน้ำที่นั่น อาบน้ำที่นั่น และพักผ่อนที่นั่น บุญกุศลทั้งปวงย่อมตกแก่เจ้าของสระนั้น; ครั้นล่วงลับแล้ว บุญนั้นเป็นเหตุแห่งความผาสุกอันไม่เสื่อมสูญ

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
पिबन्तिthey drink
पिबन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति)
Formpresent, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
स्नायन्तेthey bathe
स्नायन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना
Formpresent, 3rd, plural, ātmanepada
विश्रमन्तिthey rest
विश्रमन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-श्रम्
Formpresent, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तडागेin the pond
तडागे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतडाग
Formmasculine, locative, singular
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
तत्that (merit/result)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formneuter, nominative, singular
प्रेत्यhaving died; after death
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (इ)
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
अनन्त्यायfor endlessness; for imperishability
अनन्त्याय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्त्य
Formneuter, dative, singular
कल्पतेis conducive; becomes; leads
कल्पते:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्
Formpresent, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
taḍāga (pond/tank)

Educational Q&A

Providing a pond or water-source for public use—so that others may drink, bathe, and rest—generates enduring merit for the benefactor, yielding imperishable well-being after death.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he explains the spiritual reward of public-benefit works: the everyday use of a person’s pond by travelers and locals becomes a continuous source of merit for its owner.