Shloka 117

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

Devanagari script

योडष्टाविंशे तु दिवसे प्राश्नीयादेकभोजनम्‌,जो बारह महीनोंतक सदा अपने मन और इन्द्रियोंको काबूमें रखकर अट्ठाईसवें दिन एक बार भोजन करता है, वह देवर्षियोंको प्राप्त होनेवाले महान्‌ फलका उपभोग करता है

Transliteration

yo ’ṣṭāviṁśe tu divase prāśnīyād ekabhojanam | yo dvādaśa māsān tāvat sadā mana indriyāṇi ca saṁyamya ’ṣṭāviṁśe dine ekavāraṁ bhuṅkte sa devarṣīṇāṁ prāpyam mahāphalaṁ bhuṅkte |

Translation

Bhishma said: One who eats only once on the twenty-eighth day—maintaining self-control over the mind and senses continuously for twelve months—enjoys the great spiritual reward that is said to be attained by the divine seers.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• aṣṭāviṃśe: on the twenty-eighth
• aṣṭāviṃśe: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭāviṃśa
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• divase: on the day
• divase: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• prāśnīyāt: should eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√aś
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• eka-bhojanam: a single meal (once-eating)
• eka-bhojanam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka-bhojana
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Devarishis (divine seers)