Shloka 41

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

यावदक्षिनिमेषाणि ज्वलन्ते तावती: समा: । रूपवान्‌ बलवांश्वापि नरो भवति दीपद:

Translation

Trong bao nhiêu lần chớp mắt mà ngọn đèn còn cháy, thì bấy nhiêu năm người bố thí đèn ấy sẽ trở nên dung mạo đẹp đẽ và sức lực dồi dào.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; for as many (as)
• यावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat)

• अक्षि-निमेषाणि: eye-blinks (moments of blinking)
• अक्षि-निमेषाणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि-निमेष
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• ज्वलन्ते: burn; blaze
• ज्वलन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: present, 3rd person, plural, Ātmanepada

• तावतीः: so many; that many
• तावतीः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• समाः: years
• समाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• रूपवान्: handsome; possessing beauty
• रूपवान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• बलवान्: strong
• बलवान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: particle

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: present, 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• दीपदः: giver of a lamp (one who donates a lamp)
• दीपदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच