Shloka 463

Devanagari script

गृहाणि च महाहणि चन्द्रशुभ्राणि भामिनि । भामिनि! वेदीपर शयन करनेसे प्राप्त होनेवाले फल इस प्रकार बताये गये हैं--सवारी, शय्या और चन्द्रमाके समान उज्ज्वल बहुमूल्य गृह

Transliteration

gṛhāṇi ca mahāhāṇi candraśubhrāṇi bhāmini | bhāmini! vedīparaśayana-karmaṇā prāpyaphalāni evaṃ proktāni—savārī, śayyā, ca candramā-sadṛśa-ujjvalāni bahumūlyāni gṛhāṇi |

Translation

হে ভামিনী! বেদীৰ ওপৰত শয়ন কৰাৰ ফল এইদৰে কোৱা হৈছে—সৱাৰীৰ বাবে বাহন, বিশ্ৰামৰ বাবে শয্যা, আৰু চন্দ্ৰসম উজ্জ্বল বহুমূল্য গৃহ।

Word by Word

• गृहाणि: houses, dwellings
• गृहाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• महाहणि: a great (costly/valuable) object (reading uncertain)
• महाहणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहणि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चन्द्रशुभ्राणि: moon-white, bright like the moon
• चन्द्रशुभ्राणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र-शुभ्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भामिनि: O radiant/beautiful woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)
• bhāminī (addressed woman)
• vedī (altar/platform)
• savārī (conveyance)
• śayyā (bed)
• gṛha (house/dwelling)
• candra (moon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a karmic-ethical linkage: disciplined ritual observance (here, sleeping upon the altar-platform as a prescribed act) is said to yield concrete rewards—status and comfort symbolized by conveyances, beds, and radiant, valuable dwellings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara addresses a woman (bhāminī), describing and offering/pointing to the fruits of a specific observance connected with the vedī (altar). The statement functions as a promise of merit’s results within a didactic discourse on vows and their rewards.