Shloka 59

The Account of Women

Householder Ethics, Fault, Merit, and Govinda-Nāma as Purification

Devanagari script

सर्वबीजस्य दानेन सांबुकुंभं महाफलम् । दद्याद्विप्राय पुण्याहे सद्यःपूतो भवेत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

sarvabījasya dānena sāṃbukuṃbhaṃ mahāphalam | dadyādviprāya puṇyāhe sadyaḥpūto bhavetkṣaṇāt

Translation

ہر قسم کے بیجوں کا دان کرنے سے ‘سامبوکُمبھ’ نامی عظیم ثواب حاصل ہوتا ہے۔ نیک و مبارک دن برہمن کو یہ دان دینا چاہیے؛ وہ لمحہ بھر میں فوراً پاکیزہ ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सर्व-बीजस्य: of all seeds
• सर्व-बीजस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bīja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th—षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of all seeds’

• दानेन: by (the act of) giving
• दानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd—तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• साम्बु-कुम्भम्: a water-pot
• साम्बु-कुम्भम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmbu (प्रातिपदिक) + kumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd—द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘a pot (kumbha) with water/ambu’ (orthography sāṃbu ~ sa+ambu)

• महा-फलम्: (it is) of great result
• महा-फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd—प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: ‘great (mahā) fruit/result’ used predicatively

• दद्यात्: one should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• विप्राय: to a brahmin
• विप्राय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th—चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• पुण्य-अहे: on an auspicious day
• पुण्य-अहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + aha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th—सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘on an auspicious day’

• सद्यः-पूतः: immediately purified
• सद्यः-पूतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय) + pūta (कृदन्त; √pū धातु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st—प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); avyayībhāva/adverbial prefix sadyaḥ ‘immediately’ + past passive participle pūta ‘purified’

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• क्षणात्: in a moment / instantly
• क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th—पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: dadyādviprāya → dadyāt + viprāya; bhavetkṣaṇāt → bhavet + kṣaṇāt; sadyaḥpūto is a lexicalized adverb+PPP compound.

FAQs

What practice does this verse recommend?

It recommends donating all kinds of seeds (sarvabīja-dāna), specifically giving the offering to a brāhmaṇa on an auspicious day.

What is the promised result of this donation?

The verse states that one gains a “great fruit” (mahāphala) termed Sāmbukuṃbha and becomes purified immediately (sadyaḥpūta) in an instant.

What ethical lesson is emphasized here?

It emphasizes dāna (charitable giving) performed with proper timing (puṇyāha) and proper recipient (brāhmaṇa), presenting generosity as a direct means to inner purification.