Shloka 44

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

इयमिन्द्रादनुप्राप्ता ब्रह्म॒ुवध्या वराड़ना: । चतुर्थमस्या भागांशं॑ मयोक्ता: सम्प्रतीच्छत

Transliteration

iyam indrād anuprāptā brahmavadhyā varāḍanāḥ | caturtham asyā bhāgāṁśaṁ mayoktāḥ sampratīcchata ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“此一法令源自因陀罗——为梵天所护、不可侵犯之规，亦是能遮止祸害的恩赐。故当依我所宣示，如今受取其中四分之一。”

Word by Word

• इयम्: this (woman/one)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रात्: from Indra
• इन्द्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्ता: obtained/received (having come) after
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√प्राप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• ब्रह्मवध्या: fit to be slain for (killing) a brahmin / brahmin-slaying (sin/curse)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + वध्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वरार्दनाḥ: destroyers of boons/excellent ones (epithet; context-dependent)
• वरार्दनाḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + अर्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth (part)
• चतुर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्याः: of her/of this (woman/one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• भागम्: share/portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• उक्तः: said/spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सम्प्रतीच्छत: accept/receive (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्रति-√इष् (इच्छ्/इष्) / √ग्रह् (contextual; accept/receive)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्) / Injunctive-like (contextual), Second, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A rightful allocation is to be accepted when it is grounded in authoritative tradition and framed as a protective, dharma-aligned ordinance; legitimacy and ethical distribution matter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma cites Indra as the source of a binding rule/arrangement and instructs the listener(s) to accept a specified ‘fourth share’ as he has just laid down.