Shloka 51

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

यद् यदिष्टतमं किञ्चिद् यच्चास्य दयितं गृहे तत्तद् गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्षयमिच्छता

Transliteration

yad yadiṣṭatamaṃ kiñcid yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe tattad guṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā

Translation

สิ่งใดที่บุคคลปรารถนายิ่ง และสิ่งใดที่เป็นที่รักในเรือนของเขา—ผู้ปรารถนาบุญอันไม่เสื่อมสูญ พึงถวายสิ่งนั้นเองแก่ผู้มีคุณสมบัติ (ผู้ควรรับ)

Word by Word

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.), सर्वनाम

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन, पुनरुक्ति (correlative)

• iṣṭa-tamam: most desired
• iṣṭa-tamam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (iṣṭa-tama = most desired)

• kiñcit: anything/something
• kiñcit: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• yat: and whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• dayitam: beloved (thing)
• dayitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg.)

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc. sg.)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तद्-शब्द (correlative)

• tat: that (very)
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति

• guṇavate: to the virtuous (person)
• guṇavate: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), चतुर्थी एकवचन (Dat. sg.), विशेषण (to a virtuous person)

• deyam: should be given
• deyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु) + deya (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्/तव्यत्-समर्थ (gerundive sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.), कर्म-विशेषण

• icchatā: by one desiring
• icchatā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √iṣ (धातु) + icchat (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.)—कर्तृवाचक (by one who desires)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (often framed as Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa narrative layers)

Key Themes

• Dāna (charity)
• Ethics/Ācāra
• Merit (puṇya) and akṣaya-phala

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True charity is measured by sacrifice: giving what one values most. Directing such gifts to a guṇavat (morally qualified recipient) is said to yield akṣaya (inexhaustible) merit.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily aligns with Ācāra/Dharma instruction within Purāṇic teaching; secondarily supports Vamśānucarita contexts by defining kingly and household virtue, though no genealogy is explicit here.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘dearest possession’ symbolizes ego-attachment; relinquishing it indicates inner non-possessiveness (aparigraha-like restraint), transforming material giving into spiritual purification.