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Shloka 25

Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya

The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift

लभते नाम लोके च पितृभिश्न महीयते । देवलोके गतस्यापि नाम तस्य न नश्यति,संसारमें उसका नाम होता है, परलोकमें पितर उसका सम्मान करते हैं तथा देवलोकमें चले जानेपर भी यहाँ उसका नाम नष्ट नहीं होता

labhate nāma loke ca pitṛbhiś ca mahīyate | devaloke gatasya api nāma tasya na naśyati ||

ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ชื่อเสียงอันดีในโลกนี้ ในโลกแห่งบรรพชนย่อมได้รับการยกย่องจากเหล่าปิตฤ และแม้ไปถึงเทวโลกแล้ว ชื่อเสียงของเขาก็มิได้สูญสลาย

लभतेobtains
लभते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormLat, Atmanepada, 3, Singular, Present
नामname, fame
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पितृभिःby the Pitṛs/ancestors
पितृभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महीयतेis honored, is revered
महीयते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमह्
FormLat, Atmanepada, 3, Singular, Present, passive/ātmanepada usage: 'is honored'
देवलोकेin the world of the gods
देवलोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
गतस्यof (one) who has gone
गतस्य:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formkta (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नामname, fame
नाम:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नश्यतिperishes, is destroyed
नश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootनश्
FormLat, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular, Present

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
P
Pitrs (ancestors)
D
Devaloka (world of the gods)

Educational Q&A

Righteous living produces lasting honor: it brings good repute among people, reverence from the ancestors, and an enduring name even after reaching heaven—suggesting that dharma creates a legacy that outlives the body.

In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the multi-worldly फल (result) of virtuous conduct—social esteem in this life and continued honor in the ancestral and divine realms.