Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पूर्वाभाद्रपदायोगे राजमाषान्‌ प्रदाय तु । सर्वभक्षफलोपेत: स वै प्रेत्य सुखी भवेत्‌,पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्रके योगमें बड़ी उड़द या सफेद मटरका दान करके मनुष्य परलोकमें सब प्रकारकी खाद्य वस्तुओंसे सम्पन्न हो सुखी होता है

Transliteration

Pūrvābhādrapadā-yoge rāja-māṣān pradāya tu | sarva-bhakṣa-phala-upetaḥ sa vai pretya sukhī bhavet ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Wenn die Mondstation Pūrvābhādrapadā in einer glückverheißenden Konjunktion (Yoga) steht und jemand rāja-māṣa (eine vorzügliche Art der māṣa-Hülsenfrucht) als Gabe spendet, so erlangt er nach dem Tod einen glücklichen Zustand, ausgestattet mit Speisen und Früchten aller Art.“

Word by Word

पूर्वाभाद्रपदायोगेin the conjunction (yoga) of Pūrvabhādrapadā (nakṣatra)

राजमाषान्black gram (urad) beans

प्रदायhaving given

तुindeed/and

सर्वभक्षफलोपेतःendowed with all kinds of foods and fruits

सःhe

वैcertainly

प्रेत्यafter departing (after death)

सुखीhappy

भवेत्would become

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pūrvābhādrapadā (nakṣatra)

rāja-māṣa (pulse/bean offered in dāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that timely charity—specifically donating a valued food-grain/pulse during the Pūrvābhādrapadā nakṣatra—yields merit that ripens as posthumous well-being, symbolized by abundance of food and fruits.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing about the fruits of specific acts of dāna (gift-giving) performed under particular astral conditions, describing the beneficial result in the next world for the donor.