Shloka 83

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

अष्टादशे यो दिवसे प्राश्नीयादेकभोजनम्‌

Transliteration

aṣṭādaśe yo divase prāśnīyād ekabhojanam

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Wer am achtzehnten Tag nur einmal Speise zu sich nimmt (ein Gelübde einer einzigen Mahlzeit am Tag beachtend),“

Word by Word

• अष्टादशे: on the eighteenth
• अष्टादशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यो: who
• यो: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राश्नीयात्: should eat
• प्राश्नीयात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एकभोजनम्: a single meal (once-eating)
• एकभोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकभोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma