Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दानानां च विधिं श्रुत्वा च्छिन्नर्मार्थसंशय: । यदन्यदकरोद्‌ विप्र तन्मे शंसितुमरहसि

Transliteration

dānānāṃ ca vidhiṃ śrutvā chinnārthasaṃśayaḥ | yad anyad akarod vipra tan me śaṃsitum arhasi ||

Translation

阇那美阇耶说道：“我既已听闻布施之法与其正当仪轨，关于其义理的一切疑惑皆已断除。婆罗门啊，请你告诉我他还做了什么——此事你最堪为我叙说。”

Word by Word

• दानानाम्: of gifts/charities
• दानानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• विधिम्: the rule/procedure
• विधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• छिन्नः: cut off/removed
• छिन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थसंशयः: doubt about the meaning/purport
• अर्थसंशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थसंशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यत्: other (anything else)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• शंसितुम्: to tell/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अरहसि: you are able/you ought
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (लट्), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Vipra (the brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That charity (dāna) is governed by vidhi—proper rules and intention—and that understanding these principles removes confusion about its true purpose; one should then seek further exemplary conduct to complete the ethical picture.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janamejaya tells the brāhmaṇa narrator that his doubts have been resolved after hearing the procedure of giving, and he requests the next part of the account—what further actions were performed by the person under discussion.