Shloka 38

Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna

Utility Gifts

Devanagari script

कुबेरमिव रक्षांसि शतक्रतुमिवामरा: । ज्ञातयस्त्वानुजीवन्तु सुहृदश्च परंतप

Transliteration

kubheram iva rakṣāṃsi śatakratum ivāmarāḥ | jñātayas tvānujīvantu suhṛdaś ca paraṃtapa ||

Translation

اے پرنتپ! جیسے راکشس کُبیر کے اور امرگن شتکرتُو (اِندر) کے سہارے رہتے ہیں، ویسے ہی تمہارے قرابت دار اور خیرخواہ بھی تمہارے سہارے زندگی بسر کریں۔

Word by Word

• कुबेरम्: Kubera
• कुबेरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• रक्षांसि: Rakshasas/demons
• रक्षांसि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शतक्रतुम्: Shatakratu (Indra)
• शतक्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अमराः: the immortals/gods
• अमराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ज्ञातयः: kinsmen/relatives
• ज्ञातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनुजीवन्तु: may (they) live depending on / subsist by
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-जीव्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural

• सुहृदः: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kubera
• Rākṣasas
• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Amarāḥ (Devas)
• Jñātayaḥ (kinsmen)
• Suhṛdaḥ (well-wishers)