Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda, Shloka 17

Determination of the Householder’s Dharma

Dāna: Types, Recipients, Timing, and Fruits

Devanagari script

दद्यादहरहः स्वर्णं श्रद्धया ब्रह्मचारिणे । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मणः स्थानमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

dadyādaharahaḥ svarṇaṃ śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe | sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāpnuyāt

Translation

Maghandog araw-araw ng ginto, nang may pananampalataya, sa isang brahmacārin na disipulo ng banal na pagtalima; malaya sa lahat ng kasalanan, mararating niya ang tahanan ni Brahmā.

Word by Word

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• अहरहः: day after day / daily
• अहरहः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहन् + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb), पुनरुक्त-द्वन्द्व (iterative dvandva)

• स्वर्णम्: gold
• स्वर्णम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• ब्रह्मचारिणे: to a brahmacārin (celibate student)
• ब्रह्मचारिणे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (singular)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘विनिर्मुक्त’ from वि-निर्मुच्/मुच् (धातु)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman / of Brahmā (contextual)
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (singular)

• स्थानम्: abode, place
• स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual instruction within Svarga-khaṇḍa; exact dialogue speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: दद्याद् + अहरहः → दद्यादहरहः; सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः is a तत्पुरुष compound; ब्रह्मणः taken as genitive of ब्रह्मन्; context may imply Brahmā.

Characters & Entities

• Brahma

FAQs

What practice is recommended in this verse?

It recommends daily giving (dāna) of gold, performed with śraddhā (faith), specifically to a brahmacārin—one devoted to celibate discipline and Vedic study.

What is the promised spiritual result of this charity?

The verse states that the donor becomes freed from all sins and attains the abode (sthāna) of Brahmā (often understood as Brahmaloka).

What ethical lesson does the verse emphasize?

It links inner intention (śraddhā) with consistent generosity, presenting disciplined support of students/ascetics as a purifying act with elevated spiritual consequences.