Shloka 112

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

यस्मै वद्ठिवरर प्रादात्‌ ततो वव्रे वरान्‌ गयः । ददतो यो3क्षयं वित्तं धर्मे श्रद्धा च वर्धताम्‌

Transliteration

yasmai vahnivaraḥ prādāt tato vavre varān gayaḥ | dadato yo 'kṣayaṁ vittaṁ dharme śraddhā ca vardhatām ||

Translation

火神赐予恩许之后，伽耶便自择其愿：“愿我为达摩而施与之财，永不枯竭；愿我对正法的信心，恒常增长。”

Word by Word

• यस्मै: to whom
• यस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, dative, singular

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: aorist (luṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• ततः: then/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रभव)

• वव्रे: chose/asked for
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते)
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• गयः: Gaya (king Gaya)
• गयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ददतः: of (one) giving
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), masculine, genitive, singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अक्षयम्: imperishable/inexhaustible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मे: in/for dharma (righteousness)
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

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

• वर्धताम्: let (them) increase
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धति)
• Form: imperative (loṭ), 3rd, dual, ātmanepada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vayudeva (speaker)
• Agni (Vahni, Fire-god)
• Gaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True boons are ethical: one should seek inexhaustible capacity to give for dharma and a steadily growing śraddhā (faith/commitment) in righteousness, rather than merely personal enjoyment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu recounts that after Agni grants a boon, Gaya responds by choosing boons aligned with charity and dharma—asking that his righteous gifts never run out and that his devotion to dharma continually increase.