Shloka 96

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

गोकोटिं स्पर्शयामास हिरण्यं तु तथैव च । रत्नाज्जलिमथीैकं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ तदा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | gokoṭiṁ sparśayāmāsa hiraṇyaṁ tu tathaiva ca | ratnāñjalim athaikaṁ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dadau tadā ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—تب اُس نے دَان کے وِدھان کے مطابق ایک کروڑ گایوں کو چھوا کر دان کیا؛ اسی طرح سونا بھی دیا، اور اُس وقت برہمنوں کو ایک ایک اَنجلی بھر رتن بھی عطا کیے۔

Word by Word

• गोकोटिम्: a crore of cows
• गोकोटिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-कोटि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्पर्शयामास: touched
• स्पर्शयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: and/also (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• रत्नात्: from/with (a quantity of) gems
• रत्नात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अञ्जलिम्: a handful (anjali-measure)
• अञ्जलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एकम्: one (each)
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahmins
• cows (go)
• gold (hiraṇya)
• jewels (ratna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wealth gains ethical value when it is used in dharmic ways—through respectful, properly performed giving (dāna) to worthy recipients, especially those devoted to learning and spiritual discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

A king (as explained in the surrounding prose tradition, often identified with Janaka) honours the learned by distributing vast gifts: a crore of cows through the formal ‘touch’ that completes the donation, along with gold and a measured handful-offering of jewels to Brahmins.