Verse 3.7.129

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.7.129:

अनिराकरणात् कर्त्तुस्त्यागाङ्गं कर्मणोप्सितम् ।
प्रेरणानुमतिभ्यां वा लभते सम्प्रदानताम् ॥ १२९ ॥

anirākaraṇāt karttustyāgāṅgaṃ karmaṇopsitam |
preraṇānumatibhyāṃ vā labhate sampradānatām || 129 ||

129. That factor in the act of giving which is sought to be reached by the thing given is called sampradāna when he does not prohibit the giver, or requests him or gives his consent.

Commentary

Now begins the treatment of sampradāna.

[Read verse 129 above]

[The dative case is now being explained. The word for it in Sanskrit is sampradāna. It is one of the factors in the act of giving. Giving means relinquishing one’s own ownership over something without taking anything in return. The giver intends to reach somebody with his gift and that person is called sampradāna. The one who receives does not decline nor does he prohibit the giver from giving. Sometimes the receiver himself makes a previous request for the gift. When the person who receives gets the name of sampradāna, the fourth case-affix (caturthī) is affixed to the word expressive of it. This suffix cannot be affixed unless the name sampradāna is applicable. It cannot come according to the rule ‘tādarthye caturthī’ vācyā (cf. vā. 1 on P. 2.3.13), because there is no tādarthya = the fact of being meant for something, in cases of gift. In upādhyāyāya gāṃ dadāti = he gives the cow to the teacher, the teacher, being a kāraka is meant for the action of giving and not vice-versa.]

The main kind of sampradāna has thus been explained. The minor kinds are now explained.