Shloka 75

Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda

Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity

Devanagari script

अस्माकं परितोषश्न अक्षय: परिकीरत्त्यते | इस तरह निष्कपट भावसे किया हुआ दान अक्षय एवं महान्‌ फलदायक होता है और उससे हमें भी अक्षय संतोष प्राप्त होता है--ऐसा शास्त्रका कथन है ।।

Transliteration

śakra uvāca | asmākaṃ paritoṣaś ca akṣayaḥ parikīrtyate | śraddadhānāś ca ye martyā āhariṣyanti santatim ||

Translation

Wika ni Śakra: “Ipinahahayag na ang aming kasiyahan man ay hindi nauubos. Kaya ang handog na ibinibigay nang bukás at walang daya ay nagiging di-nasisira at nagbubunga ng dakilang gantimpala; sa pamamagitan nito, kami rin ay nakakamtan ang walang-hanggang kapanatagan—ganyan ang turo ng śāstra. At yaong mga taong mortal na nagbibigay nang may pananampalataya ay makapagtitiyak ng isang lahing magpapatuloy.”

Word by Word

• श्रद्दधानाः: having faith, faithful
• श्रद्दधानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धधत् (श्रद्धा + धा) → श्रद्धधान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who, those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मर्त्याः: mortals, human beings
• मर्त्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आहरिष्यन्ति: will bring, will procure
• आहरिष्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संततिम्: offspring, progeny, continuity
• संततिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Gifts offered with sincere faith and without deceit yield imperishable merit; such giving brings lasting satisfaction to the divine order as well, and it supports the giver’s enduring welfare, including continuity of lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) speaks as an authority figure, affirming a śāstric principle: pure-hearted charity produces inexhaustible results and divine contentment, and he adds that faithful mortals who give will obtain lasting progeny.