Shloka 29

Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna

Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद

Devanagari script

जो श्रवण नक्षत्रमें वस्त्रवेष्टित कम्बल दान करता है, वह श्वेत विमानके द्वारा खुले हुए स्वर्गलोकमें जाता है ।।

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | goprayukte dhaniṣṭhāsu yānaṃ dattvā samāhitaḥ | vastrarāśi-dhanaṃ sadyaḥ pretya rājyaṃ prapadyate ||

Translation

那罗陀说：当“檀尼什吒”（Dhaniṣṭhā）宿当令之时，若有人摄心专注，布施以牛轭之车乘（如牛车），并施以成堆衣物与财宝，则其人死后将迅速得享王权之报。

Word by Word

• गोप्रयुक्ते: in (things) yoked with oxen / ox-yoked
• गोप्रयुक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो-प्रयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• धनिष्ठासु: in the (Dhaniṣṭhā) lunar mansion(s)
• धनिष्ठासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• यानम्: vehicle (cart)
• यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• समाहितः: collected, concentrated (in mind)
• समाहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वस्त्रराशिधनम्: a heap of clothes and wealth (money)
• वस्त्रराशिधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र-राशि-धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सद्यः: immediately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• प्रेत्य: having departed (after death)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• राज्यम्: kingship, kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रपद्यते: attains, obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Dhaniṣṭhā (nakṣatra)
• oxen (go)
• vehicle/cart (yāna)
• garments (vastra)
• wealth (dhana)
• rājya (sovereignty)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charity (dāna) performed with mental focus and sincerity, and aligned with auspicious ritual timing, is presented as highly meritorious—yielding elevated posthumous rewards such as prosperity and sovereignty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is enumerating the fruits of specific gifts made on particular nakṣatra-days. Here he states that donating an ox-drawn vehicle along with clothing and wealth during Dhaniṣṭhā leads, after death, to swift attainment of royal fortune.