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Shloka 20

कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्

The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas

जितशिक्षोदरो मैत्र: शिष्टाचारसमन्वित: । वैणवीं धारयेद्‌ यष्टिं सोदक॑ च कमण्डलुम्‌,शिष्टाचारका पालन करते हुए जिह्नला और उपस्थको काबूमें रखे। सबके साथ मित्रताका बर्ताव करे। बाँसकी छड़ी और जलसे भरा हुआ कमण्डलु सदा साथ रखे

jitāśikṣodaro maitraḥ śiṣṭācārasamanvitaḥ | vaiṇavīṁ dhārayed yaṣṭiṁ sodakaṁ ca kamaṇḍalum ||

Vāyu-deva sprach: „Er sei einer, der die Regungen von Zunge und Bauch bezwungen hat, allen freundlich gesinnt ist und die Sitte der Gebildeten in sich trägt. Er soll einen Bambusstab und ein mit Wasser gefülltes kamaṇḍalu bei sich führen und in disziplinierter Selbstzucht und vorbildlicher Etikette leben.“

जितशिक्षोदरोone whose belly (appetite) is restrained by discipline; self-controlled
जितशिक्षोदरो:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजित-शिक्षा-उदर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मैत्रःfriendly
मैत्रः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमैत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शिष्टाचारसमन्वितःendowed with proper conduct
शिष्टाचारसमन्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशिष्टाचार-समन्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैणवींbamboo (staff)
वैणवीं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैणवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
धारयेत्should carry/hold
धारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यष्टिम्staff, stick
यष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयष्टि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
he
:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उदकम्water
उदकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउदक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कमण्डलुम्water-pot (kamandalu)
कमण्डलुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकमण्डलु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
B
bamboo staff (vaiṇavī yaṣṭi)
K
kamaṇḍalu (water-pot)

Educational Q&A

Master appetites (especially taste and hunger), cultivate friendliness toward all, and embody refined ethical conduct; the staff and water-pot symbolize a disciplined, simple, and regulated life.

Vāyu-deva is instructing on the marks of a disciplined practitioner—describing the inner restraint (control of urges) and outer signs (bamboo staff and water-pot) that characterize proper conduct.