Shloka 36

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

चल हक पका हा मट दहा ? कक पक जे (4. 3-3... अलोभकाम्यया देवि तपसा च शुभानने । प्रसन्नो5हं वरं तस्मादमरत्वं ददामि ते

Transliteration

alobhakāmyayā devi tapasā ca śubhānane | prasanno 'haṃ varaṃ tasmād amaratvaṃ dadāmi te ||

Translation

“Hỡi nữ thần, hỡi người có dung nhan mỹ lệ, nàng đã từ bỏ lòng tham và dục vọng cầu lợi. Ta hết sức hoan hỷ trước khổ hạnh vô cầu của nàng; vì vậy ta ban cho nàng một ân huệ: sự bất tử.”

Word by Word

• अलोभकाम्यया: by desirelessness (free from greed and craving)
• अलोभकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-लोभ-काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• देवि: O goddess
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• शुभानने: O fair-faced one
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ-आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Devi (a goddess/divine woman addressed as śubhānane)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity becomes ethically and spiritually potent when it is free from greed and desire for personal gain; such selfless discipline (niṣkāma tapas) is praised as worthy of divine grace and extraordinary reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, speaking in the Anushasana Parva, recounts a moment where a divine woman is commended for performing austerities without greed or wish-fulfillment motives, and he (or the narrator within the cited episode) grants her the boon of immortality as a response to that purity of intent.