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Shloka 54

दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च

Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्तः स सुरेन्द्रेण ततो देवपुरोहिता: । बृहस्पतिर्बहत्तेजा: प्रत्युवाच शतक्रतुम्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | ity uktaḥ sa surendreṇa tato devapurohitāḥ | bṛhaspatir bahutejāḥ pratyuvāca śatakratum ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Hỡi Bhārata! Khi Indra, chúa tể chư thiên, đã nói như vậy, thì Bṛhaspati—vị tế sư của các thần, rực sáng bởi đại oai lực—liền đáp lời Shatakratu (Indra) như sau.

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

सःhe

सुरेन्द्रेणby the lord of the gods (Indra)

ततःthen / thereafter

देवपुरोहिताःthe priests of the gods

बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati

बहुतेजाःof great splendor

प्रत्युवाचreplied

शतक्रतुम्to Shatakratu (Indra)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Indra

Brihaspati

Devas (the gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical instruction scene: divine authority (Indra) seeks or gives counsel, and the gods’ priest (Brihaspati) responds—highlighting that dharma is clarified through wise, disciplined counsel rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that after Indra speaks, Brihaspati—the preceptor of the gods—answers Indra, setting up the next portion of instruction or guidance.