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Shloka 18

Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya

The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift

यत्‌ पिबन्ति जल तत्र स्नायन्ते विश्रमन्ति च । तडागे यस्य तत्‌ सर्व प्रेत्यानन्त्याय कल्पते

yat pibanti jala tatra snāyante viśramanti ca | taḍāge yasya tat sarva pretyānantyāya kalpate ||

بھیشم نے کہا—جس کے تالاب پر لوگ پانی پیتے ہیں، وہیں غسل کرتے ہیں اور آرام کرتے ہیں، اس سب کا پُنّیہ اسی تالاب کے مالک کو ملتا ہے؛ اور مرنے کے بعد وہی پُنّیہ لازوال بھلائی کا سبب بنتا ہے۔

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
पिबन्तिthey drink
पिबन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति)
Formpresent, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
स्नायन्तेthey bathe
स्नायन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना
Formpresent, 3rd, plural, ātmanepada
विश्रमन्तिthey rest
विश्रमन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-श्रम्
Formpresent, 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तडागेin the pond
तडागे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतडाग
Formmasculine, locative, singular
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
तत्that (merit/result)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
Formneuter, nominative, singular
प्रेत्यhaving died; after death
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (इ)
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
अनन्त्यायfor endlessness; for imperishability
अनन्त्याय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्त्य
Formneuter, dative, singular
कल्पतेis conducive; becomes; leads
कल्पते:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्
Formpresent, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
taḍāga (pond/tank)

Educational Q&A

Providing a pond or water-source for public use—so that others may drink, bathe, and rest—generates enduring merit for the benefactor, yielding imperishable well-being after death.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he explains the spiritual reward of public-benefit works: the everyday use of a person’s pond by travelers and locals becomes a continuous source of merit for its owner.