Shloka 83

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

एवं सुवर्णमुत्पन्नममपत्यं जातवेदस: । तत्र जाम्बूनदं श्रेष्ठ देवानामपि भूषणम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ suvarṇam utpannam amapatyaṁ jātavedasaḥ | tatra jāmbūnadaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ devānām api bhūṣaṇam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“于是，黄金作为阿耆尼（Agni，知一切生起者）之子而生。诸种黄金之中，名为‘阎浮那陀’(Jāmbūnada)者最为上乘，甚至为诸天所饰。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्पन्नम्: arisen, produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-√पद् (पद्यते)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अमपत्यम्: offspring (Amā’s child; a name/epithet of gold in some traditions)
• अमपत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जातवेदसः: of Jātavedas (Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तत्र: therein, among that
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• जाम्बूनदम्: Jāmbūnada gold (a superior kind of gold)
• जाम्बूनदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बूनद
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रेष्ठम्: best, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भूषणम्: ornament, adornment
• भूषणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Suvarṇa (gold)
• Jāmbūnada (gold)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames material excellence (the finest gold, Jāmbūnada) within a sacred genealogy—gold is presented as arising from Agni—suggesting that purity, value, and rightful use of precious substances are grounded in a cosmic and dharmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues an explanatory discourse describing the origin of gold from Agni (Jātavedas) and then distinguishes Jāmbūnada as the श्रेष्ठ (best) variety, fit to adorn even the gods.