Shloka 25

Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam

The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting

Devanagari script

श्रीर्वाच दिष्ट्या प्रसादो युष्माभि: कृतो मे<नुग्रहात्मक: । एवं भवतु भद्रें व: पूजितास्मि सुखप्रदा:

Transliteration

śrīr uvāca—diṣṭyā prasādo yuṣmābhiḥ kṛto me ’nugrahātmakaḥ | evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ vaḥ pūjitāsmī sukhapradāḥ ||

Translation

لکشمی نے کہا—خوش بختی سے تم نے مجھ پر کرم و عنایت کی، جو سراسر شفقت کا کام ہے۔ ایسا ہی ہو؛ تمہارا کلیان ہو۔ تم نے میری عزت رکھی ہے، اس لیے میں تمہیں سکھ دینے والی بنوں گی اور تمہارے گوبر اور گوموتر میں ہی واس کروں گی۔

Word by Word

• {'śrīḥ': 'Śrī

• Lakṣmī, goddess of prosperity and auspiciousness', 'uvāca': 'said', 'diṣṭyā': 'by good fortune

• fortunately', 'prasādaḥ': 'favor

• benevolent acceptance', 'yuṣmābhiḥ': 'by you (plural, instrumental)', 'kṛtaḥ': 'done

• performed', 'me': 'to me

• my', 'anugrahātmakaḥ': 'of the nature of kindness/compassion

• gracious', 'evaṃ bhavatu': 'let it be so

• so be it', 'bhadram vaḥ': 'welfare/good fortune to you', 'pūjitā': 'honored

• revered', 'asmi': 'I am', 'sukhapradāḥ': 'givers of happiness/comfort (contextually: ‘I become a bestower of happiness’)'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• cows (go)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honor shown to what is sacred and life-sustaining (here, the cows) invites auspiciousness; prosperity (Śrī) is portrayed as responding to reverence and ethical regard with well-being in return.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma reports Śrī/Lakṣmī speaking: she acknowledges the cows’ gracious reception and declares that, being honored, she will remain connected with them and become a source of happiness and welfare for them.