Shloka 7

Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam

The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting

Devanagari script

मयाभिपणन्ना देवाश्ष मोदन्ते शाश्व॒ती: समा: । इन्द्रो विवस्वान्‌ सोमश्न विष्णुरापोडग्निरेव च

Transliteration

mayābhipaṇṇā devāś ca modante śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | indro vivasvān somaś ca viṣṇur āpo 'gnir eva ca ||

Translation

เมื่อเหล่าเทพเข้ามาพึ่งพาเรา เขาย่อมรื่นรมย์ตลอดกาลนาน อินทรา วิวัสวัต (สุริยะ) โสมะ (จันทรา) วิษณุ อาปะห์ (เทพแห่งนทีน้ำนอง) และอัคนี—ทั้งหมดล้วนเสวยความผาสุกไม่ขาดสาย เพราะสถิตอยู่ใต้การคุ้มครองของเรา

Word by Word

• मया: by me / through me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Tritiya, Ekavacana

• अभिपन्नाः: having resorted to / having taken refuge in
• अभिपन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√पद् (गत्यर्थे) (कृदन्त: अभिपन्न)
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Bahuvacana

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Bahuvacana

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मोदन्ते: rejoice / enjoy
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (हर्षे)
• Form: Lat (Vartamana), Prathama, Bahuvacana, Atmanepada

• शाश्वतीः: eternal / perpetual
• शाश्वतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Stri, Dvitiiya, Bahuvacana

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (वर्ष)
• Form: Stri, Dvitiiya, Bahuvacana

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvat (the Sun)
• विवस्वान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

• सोमः: Soma (the Moon)
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Stri, Prathama, Bahuvacana

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Ekavacana

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra
• Vivasvat (Surya)
• Soma (Chandra)
• Vishnu
• Apah (Waters)
• Agni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the power of refuge and protection: when beings—here even the gods—abide under a rightful support, they flourish and remain joyful. It highlights a dharmic ideal of sustaining others and being a dependable shelter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is speaking in the Anushasana Parva and, in a laudatory context, declares that major deities (Indra, Sun, Moon, Vishnu, Waters, Agni) prosper because they dwell under his shelter—asserting his role as a sustaining support within the discourse.