Mahabharata 7.79.24 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 79, Shloka 24

Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna

Chapter 79

Devanagari script

गोसहस्रप्रदातृणां क्रतुदानां च या गति: । नैवेशिकं चाभिमतं ददतां या गति: शुभा

Transliteration

go-sahasra-pradātṝṇāṁ kratu-dānāṁ ca yā gatiḥ | naivaśikaṁ cābhimataṁ dadatāṁ yā gatiḥ śubhā ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Nguyện con đạt được chính phúc phần cát tường mà những người bố thí một nghìn con bò đạt được; mà những người dâng tặng lễ vật vì tế lễ đạt được; và mà những người ban cho một nơi cư trú đầy đủ mọi vật theo ý nguyện đạt được. Nguyện phần thưởng lành ấy cũng thuộc về con.”

Word by Word

• गो: of cows
• गो: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• सहस्र: of a thousand
• सहस्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रदातृणाम्: of the givers (donors)
• प्रदातृणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्रतु: of a sacrifice (yajña)
• क्रतु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दानाम्: of gifts/donations
• दानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: state/goal (after death), destiny
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इशिकम्: dwelling/abode (reading uncertain)
• इशिकम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इशिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अभिमतम्: desired, agreeable
• अभिमतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ददताम्: of those who give / giving
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Participle-like usage (finite form used in genitive plural sense)

• या: which
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: state/goal (after death), destiny
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभा: auspicious, good
• शुभा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• cows (go)
• sacrifice/ritual (kratu)
• dwelling/abode (naiveśika)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the dharmic principle that generous giving—especially high-merit gifts like cows, sacrificial support, and providing a well-equipped dwelling—leads to an auspicious ‘gati’ (spiritual destiny). It functions as a benediction, extending that same merit and blessing to the addressed person.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report within the Drona Parva war narrative, this line appears as a formal blessing: he invokes the auspicious reward traditionally associated with major acts of charity, wishing that the same blessed outcome accrue to the person being addressed.