Shloka 10

Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage

Devanagari script

स चाद्य दिवस: पुण्यो हतिथिश्चायमागतः । संकल्पितं चैव धनं कि विचार्यमत: परम्‌

Transliteration

sa cādya divasaḥ puṇyo hatithiścāyam āgataḥ | saṅkalpitaṃ caiva dhanaṃ ki vicāryamataḥ param ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“此日吉祥，适宜的月相日（tithi）亦已到来。财物既已立意划定；除此之外，还有什么可再犹豫思量的呢？”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• दिवसः: day
• दिवसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्यः: auspicious/holy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतिथिः: a guest (lit. 'one whose stay is brief')
• हतिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हतिथि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आगतः: has come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• संकल्पितम्: resolved/decided
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-कल्प्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• धनम्: wealth/money
• धनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विचार्यम्: to be considered/deliberated
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, ण्यत् (gerundive; 'to be considered')

• अतः: therefore/from this
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: further/else/more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Once an act of dharma—especially giving—has been rightly intended (saṅkalpa) and the proper occasion has arrived, excessive hesitation and over-deliberation are discouraged; one should proceed with firm resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma indicates that the present day and lunar date are auspicious and timely, and that the intended wealth/gift has already been decided upon; therefore he urges moving forward rather than continuing to debate.