Shloka 11

Brahmapūjā-kāraṇa-prśnaḥ and Keśava–Viṣvaksena-stuti

Question on Brahmin veneration; hymn on Kṛṣṇa as cosmic order

Devanagari script

यह पाँच प्रकारका दान पुण्य और कीर्तिको बढ़ानेवाला है। यथाशक्ति सबको दान देना चाहिये। ऐसा प्रजापतिका कथन है

Transliteration

etad dānaṁ pañcavidhaṁ puṇya-kīrti-vivardhanam | yathāśakti sarvebhyo dānaṁ dātavyam | iti prajāpateḥ vacanam |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“此五种布施，能增长福德与善名。应当量力而施，普济众人——此乃归于生主（Prajapati）之教诲。”

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• pañca: five
• pañca: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: pañca
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• prakāram: kind/type (as: of five kinds)
• prakāram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakāra
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• dānam: gift/charity
• dānam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• puṇya: of merit/virtue
• puṇya: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• kīrteḥ: of fame
• kīrteḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• vardhanam: increase/promoter
• vardhanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vardhana
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• asti: is
• asti: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: present, third, singular

• yathāśakti: according to one's ability
• yathāśakti: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā-śakti

• sarvebhyaḥ: to all
• sarvebhyaḥ: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: sarva
• Form: masculine, dative, plural

• dātavyam: should be given
• dātavyam: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā
• Form: gerundive (tavya), neuter, nominative, singular

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• prajāpateḥ: of Prajāpati
• prajāpateḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• vacanam: statement/utterance
• vacanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Prajapati