Shloka 10

गोप्रदान-भूमिदान-विधि

Gopradāna–Bhūmidāna Guidelines and Recipient Eligibility

Devanagari script

घृतं मासे आश्वयुजि विप्रेभ्यो यः प्रयच्छति । तस्मै प्रयच्छतो रूप॑ प्रीतौ देवाविहाश्विनौ

Transliteration

ghṛtaṃ māse āśvayuje viprebhyo yaḥ prayacchati | tasmai prayacchato rūpaṃ prītau devāv ihāśvinau ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Ai vào tháng Āśvayuja đem bơ tinh luyện (ghee) bố thí cho các brāhmaṇa, thì đôi thần y Aśvin, hoan hỷ trước lễ vật ấy, sẽ ban cho người ấy dung mạo đoan nghiêm và vẻ đẹp ngay trong đời này.

Word by Word

• घृतम्: ghee
• घृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मासे: in the month
• मासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आश्वयुजि: in (the month) Āśvayuja
• आश्वयुजि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वयुज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयच्छति: gives, offers
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रयच्छतः: of (him) giving
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रूपम्: beauty, form
• रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रीतौ: when pleased / in a pleased state (the two)
• प्रीतौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Dual

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इह: here (in this world)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अश्विनौ: the two Aśvins
• अश्विनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)
• Aśvinau (Aśvin twins)
• Āśvayuja (month)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Timely and pure giving—specifically ghee offered to worthy brāhmaṇas in the month of Āśvayuja—is upheld as dharma that brings visible benefit: the refinement of one’s rūpa (beauty/comeliness) through divine favor.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he lists a specific charitable act and its फल (result): the Aśvin twins, pleased, grant the donor beauty in this world.