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Shloka 18

Vaitaraṇī-tīrtha and the Devayāna Path

Kaliṅga Episode

यस्मिन्‌ यज्ञे हि भूर्दत्ता कश्यपाय महात्मने | सपर्वतवनोद्देशा दक्षिणार्थे स्वयम्भुवा,उस यज्ञमें ब्रह्माजीने पर्वत और वनप्रान्तसहित यह सारी पृथ्वी महात्मा कश्यपको दक्षिणारूपमें दे दी थी

yasmin yajñe hi bhūr dattā kaśyapāya mahātmane | sa-parvata-vano-deśā dakṣiṇārthe svayambhuvā ||

Lomaśa nói: “Trong lễ tế ấy, đấng Tự Sinh Brahmā đã ban trọn cõi địa cầu—cùng núi non, rừng thẳm và mọi miền xứ sở—làm dakṣiṇā (lễ vật thù lao của nghi lễ) cho bậc đại tâm Kaśyapa. Sự việc ấy nêu bật tính thiêng liêng của bố thí trong nghi lễ và trách nhiệm vô cùng lớn lao của cả người cho lẫn người nhận, khi của cải và quyền chủ trị được chuyển giao bằng con đường dharma.”

यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
यज्ञेin the sacrifice
यज्ञे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भूःthe earth
भूः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभू
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दत्ताgiven
दत्ता:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
कश्यपायto Kaśyapa
कश्यपाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकश्यप
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
महात्मनेto the great-souled one
महात्मने:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
that (earth)
:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पर्वत-वन-उद्देशाhaving regions (including) mountains and forests
पर्वत-वन-उद्देशा:
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्देश
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दक्षिणार्थेas (for the purpose of) the sacrificial fee
दक्षिणार्थे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणार्थ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
स्वयम्भुवाby Svayambhū (Brahmā)
स्वयम्भुवा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वयम्भू
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

लोमश उवाच

L
Lomaśa
K
Kaśyapa
S
Svayambhū (Brahmā)
B
Bhū (Earth)
Y
Yajña (sacrifice)
D
Dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee)
M
Mountains
F
Forests
R
Regions/Territories

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the dharmic gravity of dakṣiṇā: gifts made in sacrifice are not mere transactions but sacred transfers that bind giver and receiver to truthfulness, restraint, and responsible stewardship—especially when the gift is as vast as the earth itself.

Lomaśa recounts an ancient sacrificial event in which Brahmā (Svayambhū) granted the whole earth, including mountains and forests, to the sage Kaśyapa as the sacrificial fee, emphasizing the extraordinary scale and sanctity of that rite.