Shloka 46

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

स्थण्डिलस्य फलान्याहुर्यानानि शयनानि च

Transliteration

sthaṇḍilasya phalāny āhur yānāni śayanāni ca

Translation

Maheshvara sprach: „Man sagt, dass die Übung, auf bloßem Boden zu schlafen (sthaṇḍila), ihre eigenen Früchte trägt — wie Fahrzeuge und Lagerstätten.“

Word by Word

• स्थण्डिलस्य: of the bare ground (earthen floor)
• स्थण्डिलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थण्डिल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• फलानि: fruits (results)
• फलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आहुः: they say / have said
• आहुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• यानानि: vehicles / conveyances
• यानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• शयनानि: beds / places of lying down
• शयनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• sthaṇḍila (bare-ground sleeping observance)
• yāna (vehicle)
• śayana (bed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity (tapas) is portrayed as ethically meaningful self-restraint whose results are said to manifest as appropriate rewards; here, the hardship of sleeping on bare ground is linked to the attainment of comforts like conveyances and beds, illustrating the doctrine of फल (fruits of action/observance).

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara is enumerating the fruits attributed to specific ascetic practices; this line states the traditional claim that the sthaṇḍila observance yields rewards such as vehicles and beds.