Shloka 31

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

पद्मान्यष्टादश तथा पताके द्वे तथैव च । अयुतानि च पज्चाशदृक्षचर्मशतस्य च

Transliteration

padmāny aṣṭādaśa tathā patāke dve tathaiva ca | ayutāni ca pañcāśad ṛkṣacarmaśatasya ca

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“莲花徽记十八枚，旗帜亦有两面；又有五十‘阿由多’——并有熊皮一百张。”

Word by Word

• पद्मानि: lotuses
• पद्मानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अष्टादश: eighteen
• अष्टादश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पताके: two banners/flags
• पताके: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• तथैव: just so/likewise indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + एव

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

• अयुतानि: ten-thousands (ayutas)
• अयुतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• ऋक्षचर्मशतस्य: of a hundred bear-skins
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्षचर्मशत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• lotus-emblems (padma)
• banners/standards (patākā)
• bear-skins (ṛkṣacarma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contributes to Bhīṣma’s instruction on dāna by specifying concrete items and quantities, emphasizing that righteous giving is disciplined, deliberate, and measured—performed with clarity about what is offered.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in his didactic discourse, enumerates items—lotus-emblems, banners, large numerical quantities, and bear-skins—within a larger catalogue of gifts/offerings, illustrating the material forms through which merit and social duty are pursued.