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Shloka 4

Go-dāna-phala-nirdeśa

Merit and Destinations from the Gift of Cows

अप्रतिग्राहके कि च फलं लोके पितामह । तस्य किं च फल दृष्टं श्रुतं यस्तु प्रयच्छति,पितामह! संसारमें जो प्रतिग्रह नहीं लेता, उसे क्या फल मिलता है? तथा जो वेदोंका ज्ञान प्रदान करता है, उसके लिये कौन-सा फल देखा गया है

apratigrāhake kiṁ phalaṁ loke pitāmaha | tasya kiṁ ca phalaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ śrutaṁ yastu prayacchati ||

ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า “โอ้ปิตามหะ ผู้ใดในโลกนี้ไม่รับของให้ (ไม่ดำรงชีพด้วยการรับ) เขาได้ผลเช่นไร? และผู้ใดเป็นผู้ให้—ซึ่งผลนั้นมีทั้งที่ประจักษ์และที่กล่าวไว้ในคัมภีร์—เขาได้ผลเช่นไร?”

अप्रतिग्राहकेin/for one who does not accept gifts
अप्रतिग्राहके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअप्रतिग्राहक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
किम्what
किम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पितामहO Grandfather (Bhishma)
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तस्यof him/for him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
किम्what
किम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दृष्टम्seen (as known/observed)
दृष्टम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश्
Formक्त, Neuter, Nominative, Singular
श्रुतम्heard (as known/traditionally heard)
श्रुतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रु
Formक्त, Neuter, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
प्रयच्छतिgives, bestows
प्रयच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-यम्
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
पितामहO Grandfather
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames an ethical inquiry into dharma: the spiritual and social consequences of two complementary disciplines—restraint in receiving (apratigraha) and generosity in giving (prayacchati). It invites reflection on purity, detachment, and merit as taught by experience (dṛṣṭa) and tradition (śruta).

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira questions Bhīṣma (addressed as Pitāmaha) about the rewards for one who refuses to accept gifts and for one who gives—seeking authoritative guidance on proper conduct and its results.