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Shloka 11

Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya

The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift

शरत्काले तु सलिलं तडागे यस्य तिष्ठति । गोसहस्रस्य स प्रेत्य लभते फलमुत्तमम्‌,जिसके तालाबमें शरत्कालतक पानी ठहरता है, वह मृत्युके पश्चात्‌ एक हजार गोदानका उत्तम फल पाता है

śaratkāle tu salilaṃ taḍāge yasya tiṣṭhati | go-sahasrasya sa pretya labhate phalam uttamam ||

Bhīṣma nói: Nếu hồ của một người còn giữ nước đến hết mùa thu, thì sau khi chết người ấy đạt được công đức thù thắng, tương đương với việc bố thí một nghìn con bò.

शरत्कालेin the autumn season
शरत्काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरत्काल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
सलिलम्water
सलिलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसलिल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तडागेin a pond/tank
तडागे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतडाग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तिष्ठतिstands/remains
तिष्ठति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (तिष्ठ-)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
गोसहस्रस्यof a thousand cows (i.e., of the gift of a thousand cows)
गोसहस्रस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootगोसहस्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रेत्यhaving died; after death
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (इत्य)
FormAbsolutive (ktvā/lyap)
लभतेobtains
लभते:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उत्तमम्excellent/supreme
उत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
P
pond (taḍāga)
W
water (salila)
A
autumn season (śaratkāla)
G
gift of a thousand cows (go-sahasra)

Educational Q&A

Maintaining a pond so that it holds water through autumn is upheld as a major dharmic service to society; its spiritual reward is said to equal the merit of donating a thousand cows.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and the fruits of charitable acts; here he states a specific फलश्रुति (reward statement) for ensuring lasting water in a pond.