Shloka 24

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

ततस्तदौषधीनां च वीरुधां पुष्पपत्रजम्‌ । सर्व वर्षाभिनिर्वत्तमन्न॑ं सम्भवति प्रभो

Transliteration

tatastad-auṣadhīnāṁ ca vīrudhāṁ puṣpa-patrajam | sarva-varṣābhinirvattam annaṁ sambhavati prabho ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“由那雨水，便生出种种药草与蔓生之植，并生其花与叶。噢，主宰啊，总而言之，一切谷粮与诸般食物，皆因雨水而得成就。”

Word by Word

• ततः: from that; thence
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• तत्: that (source/that thing)
• तत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• औषधीनाम्: of medicinal herbs/plants
• औषधीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधी
• Form: Feminine, genitive, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• वीरुधाम्: of creepers/climbers
• वीरुधाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध्
• Form: Feminine, genitive, plural

• पुष्पपत्रजम्: born of flowers and leaves (i.e., vegetation/produce)
• पुष्पपत्रजम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पपत्रज
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all; the whole
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• वर्षाभिनिर्वत्तम्: produced from rain (rain-born)
• वर्षाभिनिर्वत्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्षाभिनिर्वत्त
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अन्नम्: food; grain
• अन्नम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• सम्भवति: arises; comes into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: Present tense (Lat), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• prabhu (addressed lord/master)
• auṣadhī (medicinal herbs)
• vīrudh (creepers/vines)
• anna (food/grain)
• varṣa (rain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Rain is presented as a primary support of life: it generates herbs, vegetation, and ultimately food-grain. The ethical implication is gratitude and responsible conduct (dharma) toward the natural order that sustains society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing his listener (addressed as ‘prabho’) within Anuśāsana Parva, explaining the causal chain by which rain-water leads to the growth of plants and the production of food, reinforcing a didactic point about sustenance and order.