Shloka 11

अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रेण द्वादश्यां श्रावणे मासि श्रीधरम्‌ । पञ्चयज्ञानवाप्रोति विमानस्थश्ष मोदते

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: ahorātreṇa dvādaśyāṃ śrāvaṇe māsi śrīdharam | pañcayajñān avāpnoti vimānasthaś ca modate ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—شراون کے مہینے کی دوادشی کو جو شخص دن رات کا روزہ رکھ کر بھگوان شری دھر کی عبادت کرتا ہے، وہ پانچ مہایَجْیوں کا ثواب پاتا ہے اور دیویہ وِمان میں بیٹھ کر آسمانی مسرتوں سے شادمان ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रेण: by (observing) day-and-night (fast)
• अहोरात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• द्वादश्याम्: on the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• श्रावणे: in Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: श्रावण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्रीधरम्: Śrīdhara (Viṣṇu)
• श्रीधरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चयज्ञान्: the five great sacrifices
• पञ्चयज्ञान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विमानस्थः: being seated in an aerial car
• विमानस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमानस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोदते: rejoices/enjoys
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrīdhara (Viṣṇu)
• Śrāvaṇa (month)
• Dvādaśī (tithi)
• Vimāna (celestial chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A disciplined observance—fasting for a full day and night on Śrāvaṇa Dvādaśī and worshipping Viṣṇu as Śrīdhara—is presented as a powerful dharmic act, yielding merit equivalent to the pañca-mahāyajñas and leading to exalted posthumous happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and religious observances, describes the फल (reward) of a specific vrata: worship of Śrīdhara on the Dvādaśī tithi in Śrāvaṇa with an ahorātra fast, resulting in great merit and heavenly enjoyment symbolized by riding a vimāna.