Shloka 20

कālacakra-वर्णनम् तथा āśrama-धarma-निरूपणम्

The Wheel of Time and the Norms of the Āśramas

Devanagari script

जितशिक्षोदरो मैत्र: शिष्टाचारसमन्वित: । वैणवीं धारयेद्‌ यष्टिं सोदक॑ च कमण्डलुम्‌

Transliteration

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

Translation

Dijo Vāyu-deva: «Que sea quien ha vencido los impulsos de la lengua y del vientre, amistoso con todos y dotado de la conducta de los cultos. Que lleve un bastón de bambú y un kamaṇḍalu lleno de agua, viviendo con disciplina y etiqueta ejemplar.»

Word by Word

• जितशिक्षोदरो: one whose belly (appetite) is restrained by discipline; self-controlled
• जितशिक्षोदरो: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-शिक्षा-उदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मैत्रः: friendly
• मैत्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मैत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिष्टाचारसमन्वितः: endowed with proper conduct
• शिष्टाचारसमन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टाचार-समन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैणवीं: bamboo (staff)
• वैणवीं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैणवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धारयेत्: should carry/hold
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यष्टिम्: staff, stick
• यष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• कमण्डलुम्: water-pot (kamandalu)
• कमण्डलुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• bamboo staff (vaiṇavī yaṣṭi)
• kamaṇḍalu (water-pot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.