Shloka 12

गोप्रदान-भूमिदान-विधि

Gopradāna–Bhūmidāna Guidelines and Recipient Eligibility

Devanagari script

पिपासया न ग्रियते सोपच्छन्दश्न॒ जायते । न प्राप्तुयाच्च व्यसनं करकान्‌ यः प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

pipāsayā na kṣīyate sa upacchandaś ca jāyate | na prāpnuyāc ca vyasanaṁ kamaṇḍaluṁ yaḥ prayacchati ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Người đem cho một kamaṇḍalu (bình nước của đạo sĩ) đầy nước thì chẳng bao giờ bị diệt vong vì khát. Với người ấy, tư lương sinh sống và mọi vật cần dùng tự nhiên phát sinh, và người ấy không rơi vào cảnh khốn cùng.

Word by Word

• पिपासया: by thirst
• पिपासया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिपासा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• म्रियते: dies
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• सः: he (that person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपच्छन्दः: abundance/desired supplies (as read: upacchandaḥ)
• उपच्छन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपच्छन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जायते: is born/arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्राप्तुयात्: would obtain/meet
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• व्यसनम्: calamity/misfortune
• व्यसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करकान्: water-pots; pitchers (esp. water-vessels)
• करकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: करक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• kamaṇḍalu (water-pot)
• water
• thirst

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the dharmic value of dāna through the specific example of giving water: offering a water-filled kamaṇḍalu protects the giver from thirst and misfortune, symbolizing that compassionate support of basic needs returns as well-being and security.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and the fruits of various gifts. Here he highlights the merit of donating water (via a kamaṇḍalu), describing its beneficial results for the donor—freedom from deprivation and avoidance of distress.