Shloka 44

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं मया शक्रानुपृच्छते,असुरसूदन शक्र! इस प्रकार तुम्हारे पूछनेके अनुसार मैंने सारी बातें बतलायी हैं। अब तुम्हें गौओंका कभी तिरस्कार नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ mayā śakrānupṛcchate | asurasūdana śakra |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“噢，释迦（Śakra），阿修罗的诛灭者啊，依你所问，我已将一切尽数告知。故而，你切不可对牛生起轻蔑之心。”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told/declared
• आख्यातम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुपृच्छते: when (he) asks / as (you) inquire
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• असुरसूदन: O slayer of the Asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + सूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शक्र: O Śakra
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Asuras
• cows (go)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Having received the full teaching, one should never disrespect cows; reverence toward cows is presented as an ethical and dharmic obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma concludes a response given to Śakra (Indra), stating that he has answered Indra’s questions fully and ends with a direct admonition: do not disparage cows.