Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स्ववित्तं तेन दत्तं तु दत्तात्रेयाय कारणे । क्षत्रधर्म पुरस्कृत्य विनयं श्रुतमेव च

Transliteration

svavittaṁ tena dattaṁ tu dattātreyāya kāraṇe | kṣatradharma-puraskṛtya vinayaṁ śrutam eva ca

Translation

毗湿摩说道：随后，他为那一特定缘由，将自己的财物施与达多特利耶（Dattatreya），以刹帝利之法（kṣatra-dharma，武士之职责）为先，并依谦恭之德与所闻圣教而行。

Word by Word

• स्ववित्तम्: one's own wealth
• स्ववित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्ववित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दत्तात्रेयाय: to Dattatreya
• दत्तात्रेयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्तात्रेय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कारणे: for the reason/purpose; in the matter
• कारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• क्षत्रधर्मम्: the Kshatriya-duty
• क्षत्रधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front; having made primary
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस्-कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विनयम्: humility/discipline
• विनयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: learning; what is heard (scriptural learning)
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Dattatreya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wealth should be used in alignment with dharma: a kṣatriya is expected to prioritize duty and public-spirited generosity, guided by humility and by the authority of received sacred teaching (śruti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma describes a person giving his own wealth to the sage Dattatreya for a particular purpose, emphasizing that the act was done with kṣatriya-duty as the foremost consideration, together with humble conduct and fidelity to traditional instruction.