शिवलिङ्गमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Śiva-liṅga
Verse 6
स्वर्णपूर्णमहीदानाद्वाजिमेधायुतार्जनात् । निस्तोये तोयकरणात् दीनार्त्तपरितोषणात् ॥ ६ ॥
svarṇapūrṇamahīdānādvājimēdhāyutārjanāt | nistōyē tōyakaraṇāt dīnārttaparitōṣaṇāt || 6 ||
Translation
Whatever fruit a mortal gains from a gift of the earth filled with gold, from the merit of ten thousand horse-sacrifices, from bringing water to a waterless land, and from gladdening the poor and the afflicted,
Word by word
- svarṇa
- with gold
- pūrṇa
- filled
- mahī
- of the earth
- dānād
- (dānāt) from the gift
- vāji
- horse
- mēdha
- sacrifices
- ayuta
- (ayuta) ten thousand
- arjanāt
- (arjanāt) from earning
- nistōyē
- in a waterless land
- tōya
- water
- karaṇāt
- from making
- dīna
- the poor
- ārtta
- (ārta) the afflicted
- paritōṣaṇāt
- from gladdening
Meaning
Four of the greatest works the tradition knows are listed in order to be surpassed. The list joins the royal gift and the royal sacrifice to the plainest charity: digging water where there is none and comforting those in need. The sentence is finished by the next verse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 5.