Thursday, October 13, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17/Verse 20

दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।

देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥१७- २०॥

dātavyamiti yaddānaṃ dīyate'nupakāriṇe ।


deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam ॥17- 20॥

Thus the gift which is given with the thought "it is to be given" to whom has not done a prior favor in a place, time, and to the right person. That gift is known as sattvic. 


dātavyam (gerundive, neuter, nominative, singular) = to be given

iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (close quotes) 

yad (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = which 

dānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = gift

dīyate (present tense, passive, 3rd person, singular) = it is given 

anupakāriṇe (masculine, dative, singular) = to whom has not done a prior favor

deśe (masculine, locative, singular) = in a place 

kāle (masculine, locative, singular) = in time 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

pātre (neuter, locative, singular) = to the right person

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

tad (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that

dānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = gift

sāttvikam (neuter, nominative, singular) = sattvic

smṛtam (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = known as 


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