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Shloka 12

Gopradāna-phalasaṃprāpti: Nāciketa’s Vision of Vaivasvata’s Realms (गोप्रदानफलसम्प्राप्तिः — नाचिकेतोपाख्यानम्)

नीरजातश्न भगवान्‌ सोमो ग्रहगणेश्वर: । अमृतं च सुधा चैव स्वाहा चैव स्वधा तथा

bhīṣma uvāca | nīrājātaś ca bhagavān somo grahagaṇeśvaraḥ | amṛtaṃ ca sudhā caiva svāhā caiva svadhā tathā |

Bhīṣma nói: “Đấng Soma tôn kính—bậc chủ trong hàng ngũ các thiên thể—được sinh ra từ nước. Từ nước cũng phát sinh amṛta và sudhā, cùng những lời thiêng trong tế lễ: svāhā và svadhā. Bởi vậy, nước được ca ngợi là nguồn gốc nguyên sơ, nâng đỡ trật tự nghi lễ và nuôi dưỡng sự sống.”

नीरजातःborn from water
नीरजातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनीरजात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सोमःSoma (Moon)
सोमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ग्रहगणेश्वरःlord of the host of planets
ग्रहगणेश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootग्रहगणेश्वर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अमृतम्nectar; immortality-giving drink
अमृतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सुधाambrosia; nectar
सुधा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुधा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
स्वाहाSvāhā (oblation-formula/deity)
स्वाहा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाहा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed; also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
स्वधाSvadhā (ancestral offering-formula/deity)
स्वधा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise; so too
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
Soma (Moon)
G
Grahas (planets)
A
Amrita
S
Sudha
S
Svaha
S
Svadha
W
Water

Educational Q&A

Water is presented as a primordial source: it gives rise to Soma (the Moon) and to key ritual and life-sustaining principles (amṛta/sudhā and the utterances svāhā/svadhā), implying that honoring and protecting water supports both cosmic order and dharma.

In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira within the Anushasana Parva, he enumerates what originates from water, using cosmological and ritual examples to emphasize water’s sanctity and its role in sustaining beings and sacrificial tradition.