Shloka 9

Fruits of Righteousness: Charity, Faith, and the Path to Yama

Devanagari script

शिबिकायाः प्रदानेन विमानेन सुखं व्रजेत् । सुखासनप्रदानेन सुखं यांति यमालयम्

Transliteration

śibikāyāḥ pradānena vimānena sukhaṃ vrajet | sukhāsanapradānena sukhaṃ yāṃti yamālayam

Translation

ผู้ใดถวายเสลี่ยง ย่อมไปด้วยความผาสุกในวิมานอันเป็นราชรถสวรรค์; ผู้ใดถวายที่นั่งอันสบาย ย่อมไปถึงยมโลกด้วยความร่มเย็นสบาย

Word by Word

• शिबिकायाः: of a palanquin
• शिबिकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रदानेन: by giving
• प्रदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु) + ल्युट्/घञ् (प्रातिपदिक ‘प्रदान’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विमानेन: by an aerial car
• विमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सुखम्: happily
• सुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्

• व्रजेत्: would go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुखासनप्रदानेन: by giving a comfortable seat
• सुखासनप्रदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख + आसन + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सुखासनस्य प्रदानम्’)

• सुखम्: happily
• सुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• यमालयम्: Yama’s abode
• यमालयम्: Gati-Karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘यमस्य आलयः’)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within the Bhūmi-khaṇḍa’s merit-of-gifts context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: शिबिकायाः प्रदानेन = शिबिकायाः + प्रदानेन (पदसंयोग). सुखासनप्रदानेन = सुख + आसन + प्रदानेन (समास).

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What type of charity is praised in this verse?

It praises practical gifts that reduce hardship for others—specifically a palanquin (śibikā) and a comfortable seat (sukhāsana)—and links them to pleasant post-death travel and experience.

Why is Yama mentioned if the result is described as “comfortable”?

Yama represents the post-death moral order. The verse implies that meritorious giving can make one’s passage and experience in the afterlife gentler, even within Yama’s jurisdiction.

What ethical lesson does this verse teach?

Ease given to others returns as ease to oneself: offering comfort and support in life is portrayed as generating corresponding comfort in one’s future journey and destiny.