Shloka 16

Karma-Phala Rahasya and the Ethics of Dāna (कर्मफल-रहस्यं दानधर्मश्च)

Devanagari script

प्रायोपवेशिनो राजन्‌ सर्वत्र सुखमुच्यते । गवाढ्य: शाकदीक्षायां स्वर्गगामी तृणाशन:

Translation

毗湿摩说道：大王啊，行“坐绝”（prāyopaveśa，端坐绝食以至命终）之誓者，被说为处处得乐。受持蔬食之戒（śākāhāra）则得牛群之富；以草为食而自守者，往生天界。

Word by Word

• प्रायोपवेशिनः: those observing the fast-unto-death (prāyopaveśa)
• प्रायोपवेशिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायोपवेशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वत्र: everywhere / in all respects
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is said / is declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• गवाढ्यः: one rich in cattle
• गवाढ्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गवाढ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाकदीक्षायाम्: in the vow/discipline of eating vegetables (vegetarian observance)
• शाकदीक्षायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकदीक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• स्वर्गगामी: going to heaven / heaven-bound
• स्वर्गगामी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्गगामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तृणाशनः: one who eats grass
• तृणाशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृणाशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच