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Shloka 22

गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः

Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka

आपो नित्य प्रदेयास्ते पुण्यं होतदनुत्तमम्‌ । प्रपाश्न॒ कार्या दानार्थ नित्यं ते द्विजसत्तम । भुक्तेडप्यन्न॑ प्रदेयं तु पानीयं वै विशेषत:

āpo nityaṃ pradeyās te puṇyaṃ hy etad anuttamam | prapāś ca kāryā dānārthaṃ nityaṃ te dvijasattama || bhukte 'py annaṃ pradeyaṃ tu pānīyaṃ vai viśeṣataḥ ||

Diêm Vương nói: “Hãy bố thí nước mỗi ngày; đó là công đức vô thượng. Vì việc làm phúc, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng nhị sinh, hãy thường xuyên lập một trạm nước công cộng (prapā). Dẫu người đã ăn rồi, vẫn nên cho thức ăn; nhưng trên hết, bố thí nước uống là điều thiết yếu cho mọi người.”

आपःwaters; water
आपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always; daily
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
प्रदेयाःshould be given
प्रदेयाः:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + दा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural, तव्यत् (gerundive; ought to be given)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
पुण्यम्merit; pious act
पुण्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed; best
अनुत्तमम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रपाःwater-stations; drinking-fountains
प्रपाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रपा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
कार्याshould be made; should be established
कार्या:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural, तव्यत् (gerundive; ought to be made/established)
दानार्थम्for the purpose of giving (charity)
दानार्थम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदान + अर्थ
नित्यम्always; daily
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
द्विजसत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmins)
द्विजसत्तम:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + सत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भुक्तेafter (one has) eaten
भुक्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormLocative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle; 'when eaten/after eating')
अपिeven; also
अपि:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रदेयम्should be given
प्रदेयम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + दा
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, तव्यत् (gerundive; ought to be given)
तुbut; indeed
तु:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पानीयम्drinking-water
पानीयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपानीय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed; certainly
वै:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतस्
विप्रवरO best of brahmins
विप्रवर:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र + वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

यम उवाच

Y
Yama
D
dvijasattama (a Brahmin addressee)
Ā
āpaḥ (water)
P
prapā (water-station)
A
anna (food)

Educational Q&A

Daily giving of drinking water—ideally by establishing a public water-station (prapā)—is praised as an unsurpassed meritorious act; generosity should extend even beyond immediate need, with water emphasized as universally necessary.

Yama instructs a Brahmin (addressed as dvijasattama) on practical dharma: regular charity through water-gifts and setting up a prapā, and the broader ethic of feeding others even if they have already eaten, highlighting water as the foremost gift.