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Shloka 11

Dharmāṅgada’s Conquest of the Directions

Devanagari script

वस्त्रहर्म्यसुवर्णानां स्वर्गतेरमृतस्य च । दातारो मासयुद्धेन साधितास्तव तेजसा ॥ ११ ॥

Transliteration

vastraharmyasuvarṇānāṃ svargateramṛtasya ca | dātāro māsayuddhena sādhitāstava tejasā || 11 ||

Translation

Nhờ hào quang uy lực của Ngài, những người bố thí y phục, cung điện và vàng—cùng những ai ban phương tiện đạt cõi trời, thậm chí đến bất tử—đều được thành tựu viên mãn qua một tháng khổ hạnh tinh tấn.

Word by Word
वस्त्रcloth/garment
वस्त्र:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
हर्म्यmansion/palace
हर्म्य:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
सुवर्णानाम्of gold (gold pieces)
सुवर्णानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसु-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Neuter, Genitive, Plural
वस्त्र-हर्म्य-सुवर्णानाम्of garments, mansions, and gold
वस्त्र-हर्म्य-सुवर्णानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र + हर्म्य + सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमाहार-द्वन्द्व (copulative collective), अन्तिमपद-प्राधान्य; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Dvandva (collective), Neuter, Genitive, Plural
स्वर्गतेःof the path to heaven / of heaven-going
स्वर्गतेः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग-गति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular
अमृतस्यof nectar/immortality
अमृतस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction) — copulative ‘and’
दातारःgivers/donors
दातारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
मासयुद्धेनby the month-long battle
मासयुद्धेन:
Karana (करण/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootमास + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (month’s battle / battle for a month); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
साधिताःaccomplished/secured
साधिताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसाध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; predicate adjective to दातारः
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive, Singular (2nd person pronoun)
तेजसाby (your) power/splendour
तेजसा:
Karana (करण/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker

Narada (addressing the presiding deity praised in the chapter’s mahatmya context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
N
Narada

FAQs

It frames dāna (charity)—such as giving clothing, shelter, and gold—as spiritually potent when empowered by tejas (divine grace/inner splendor) and sustained discipline, culminating in higher attainments like svarga-gati and the aspiration for amṛta (deathlessness).

The verse implies that the success of meritorious acts is not merely transactional; it is ‘sādhita’ through the Lord’s (or the praised deity’s) tejas—highlighting bhakti as reliance on divine power that perfects one’s vows and gifts.

Ritual discipline is emphasized through the idea of māsa-yuddha (a month-long observance framed as a spiritual campaign), aligning with Kalpa/Vrata practice (procedural dharma) rather than technical Jyotiṣa or Vyākaraṇa in this specific verse.

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