Shloka 17

Fruits of Occasional (Festival-Specific) Charity — The Vena Episode

Devanagari script

कांचनेनापि संयुक्तां वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः । तस्य दानस्य राजेंद्र फलभोगं वदाम्यहम्

Transliteration

kāṃcanenāpi saṃyuktāṃ vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ | tasya dānasya rājeṃdra phalabhogaṃ vadāmyaham

Translation

แม้จะประกอบด้วยทองคำ พร้อมผ้า เครื่องประดับ และอาภรณ์ทั้งหลาย—โอ้ราชันผู้เป็นใหญ่—บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวถึงการเสวยผลแห่งทานนั้น

Word by Word

• काञ्चनेन: with gold
• काञ्चनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• संयुक्ताम्: joined/combined
• संयुक्ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः: with clothes, ornaments, and jewelry
• वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + अलंकार + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (clothes, ornaments, and jewelry)

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दानस्य: of the gift
• दानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• फलभोगम्: enjoyment of the result
• फलभोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल + भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (फलस्य भोगः)

• वदामि: I say/tell
• वदामि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king (rājendra) within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कांचनेनापि = काञ्चनेन + अपि; राजेंद्र = राजेन्द्र (ए + इ → एऽ/ए, लिखिते ‘राजेंद्र’); वदाम्यहम् = वदामि + अहम् (इ + अ → य).

FAQs

What type of donation is being discussed in this verse?

A charitable gift (dāna) that is accompanied by valuable items—gold, garments, ornaments, and jewelry—i.e., a richly endowed offering.

What is the main promise made by the speaker here?

The speaker promises to explain the phala-bhoga—the experienced results or fruits—of making such a donation.

What ethical lesson does this verse introduce in the context of Padma Purana?

It frames charity as a dharmic act with describable consequences, encouraging generosity and attention to the quality and completeness of one’s gift.