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Shloka 96

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

गोकोटिं स्पर्शयामास हिरण्यं तु तथैव च । रत्नाज्जलिमथीैकं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ तदा

bhīṣma uvāca | gokoṭiṁ sparśayāmāsa hiraṇyaṁ tu tathaiva ca | ratnāñjalim athaikaṁ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dadau tadā ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า ครั้นนั้นพระองค์ทรงให้ทำทานตามพิธี โดยให้สัมผัสโคหนึ่งโกฏิเพื่อมอบเป็นทาน ทั้งยังประทานทองคำด้วย และในกาลนั้นทรงถวายรัตนะเป็นกำมือหนึ่งแก่พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย

गोकोटिम्a crore of cows
गोकोटिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो-कोटि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
स्पर्शयामासtouched
स्पर्शयामास:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश्
FormPeriphrastic Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
हिरण्यम्gold
हिरण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुand/also (emphatic)
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
रत्नात्from/with (a quantity of) gems
रत्नात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
अञ्जलिम्a handful (anjali-measure)
अञ्जलिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअञ्जलि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
एकम्one (each)
एकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ब्राह्मणेभ्यःto the Brahmins
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Dative, Plural
ददौgave
ददौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormPerfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Brahmins
C
cows (go)
G
gold (hiraṇya)
J
jewels (ratna)

Educational Q&A

Wealth gains ethical value when it is used in dharmic ways—through respectful, properly performed giving (dāna) to worthy recipients, especially those devoted to learning and spiritual discipline.

A king (as explained in the surrounding prose tradition, often identified with Janaka) honours the learned by distributing vast gifts: a crore of cows through the formal ‘touch’ that completes the donation, along with gold and a measured handful-offering of jewels to Brahmins.