Shloka 97

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

सुवर्णस्य च दातारो गवां च भरतर्षभ | यानानां वाहनानां च ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! जो सुवर्ण, गौ, पालकी और सवारीका दान करते हैं, वे मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं

Transliteration

suvarṇasya ca dātāro gavāṃ ca bharatarṣabha | yānānāṃ vāhanānāṃ ca te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Hỡi bậc tráng sĩ trong dòng Bharata, những ai bố thí vàng và bò, lại còn dâng tặng xe cộ và vật cưỡi—những người ấy sẽ đạt đến các cõi trời.

Word by Word

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• दातारः: givers/donors
• दातारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यानानाम्: of vehicles (palanquins, conveyances)
• यानानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वाहनानाम्: of mounts/carriages
• वाहनानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वर्गगामिनः: going to heaven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग-गामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bharatarshabha (Yudhishthira)
• gold
• cows
• vehicles/conveyances (yāna)
• mounts/transport animals (vāhana)
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Generous charity—especially of high-value and socially sustaining gifts like gold, cows, and means of transport—creates great merit and is praised as a dharmic act leading to heavenly attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira, listing specific forms of dāna (gifts) and stating their फल (result): donors of gold, cows, and conveyances are said to reach Svarga.