Shloka 19

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

दैवतेभ्य: पितृभ्यश्न संविभागो$तिथिष्वपि । असंत्यागश्च भृत्यानां श्रेय एतदसंशयम्‌

Transliteration

daivatebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca saṁvibhāgo ’tithiṣv api | asaṁtyāgaś ca bhṛtyānāṁ śreya etad asaṁśayam ||

Translation

نارد نے کہا—دیوتاؤں، پِتروں (آباء و اجداد) اور مہمانوں کو ان کا واجب حصہ دینا، اور جن کی کفالت لازم ہے اُنہیں ہرگز نہ چھوڑنا—یہی بلا شبہ فلاح کا ذریعہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• दैवतेभ्यः: to the deities
• दैवतेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Plural

• पितृभ्यः: to the ancestors
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

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

• संविभागः: distribution/allotment (of shares)
• संविभागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविभाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिथिषु: among/with respect to guests
• अतिथिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• असंत्यागः: non-abandonment (not giving up)
• असंत्यागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असंत्याग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भृत्यानाम्: of dependents/servants (those to be maintained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेयः: welfare/the good
• श्रेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशयम्

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• daivata (deities)
• pitṛ (ancestors)
• atithi (guest)
• bhṛtya (dependents/retainers)