Shloka 101

Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites

Devanagari script

याम्येन गंधमदनो विनिवेशनीयो गोधूमसंचयमयः कलधौतवांश्च । हैमेन यज्ञपतिना घृतमानसेन वस्त्रेणराजतवनैश्च स संयुतः स्यात्

Transliteration

yāmyena gaṃdhamadano viniveśanīyo godhūmasaṃcayamayaḥ kaladhautavāṃśca | haimena yajñapatinā ghṛtamānasena vastreṇarājatavanaiśca sa saṃyutaḥ syāt

Translation

En la dirección del sur debe instalarse el Gandhamadana, formado de un montón de trigo, adornado con fragmentos de oro refinado; y ha de estar provisto de un implemento sacrificial de oro, con la mente puesta en el ghee de la ofrenda, con vestiduras y con arboledas de plata.

Word by Word

• याम्येन: to the south
• याम्येन: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Direction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; दिक्शब्द-प्रयोग (Instr sg: on the southern side)

• गन्ध-मदनः: Gandha-madana (name of a mountain)
• गन्ध-मदनः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (गन्धः एव मदनः/गन्ध-मदन-नामकः) (Masc Nom sg)

• विनिवेशनीयः: should be placed/installed
• विनिवेशनीयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Obligation/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: भाव्य/अनिय (तव्यत्-अर्थ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (Masc Nom sg: ‘to be placed’)

• गोधूम-सञ्चय-मयः: made of a heap of wheat
• गोधूम-सञ्चय-मयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोधूम (प्रातिपदिक) + सञ्चय (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (गोधूमस्य सञ्चयः; तेन मयः) (Masc Nom sg)

• कलधौतवान्: possessing refined gold
• कलधौतवान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलधौत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (वान्) ‘possessing refined gold’ (Masc Nom sg)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• हैमेन: with gold / golden
• हैमेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Instr sg: ‘golden/with gold’)

• यज्ञपतिना: with the lord of sacrifice (Yajñapati)
• यज्ञपतिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental sg)

• घृत-मानसेन: with ghee-minded/with mind on ghee
• घृत-मानसेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (घृतेन मानसं यस्य) (Masc Instr sg)

• वस्त्रेण: with cloth/garment
• वस्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instr sg)

• राजत-वनैः: with silver forests/groves
• राजत-वनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजत (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (राजतानि वनानि) (Neuter Instr pl)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सः: he/that (mountain)
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masc Nom sg)

• संयुतः: joined, endowed
• संयुतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुत (कृदन्त; सम्-युज्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masc Nom sg)

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg optative)

Speaker

Unspecified (context not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वस्त्रेणराजतवनैश्च = वस्त्रेण राजत-वनैः च.

Characters & Entities

• Gandhamadana
• Yama (implied by yāmya = southern)

FAQs

What is the main ritual instruction in this verse?

It prescribes installing a form/designation called “Gandhamadana” in the southern (yāmya) direction and specifies the materials and adornments to be used—wheat, refined gold elements, sacrificial apparatus, garments, and silver-like decorative groves.

Why is the southern direction (yāmya) significant here?

“Yāmya” denotes the south, traditionally associated with Yama and directional ordering in ritual layouts; the verse uses that directional placement as part of a structured installation scheme.

What ethical or devotional lesson can be drawn from the focus on ghee and sacrificial items?

The verse emphasizes disciplined ritual intentionality—keeping the mind oriented to offerings (ghṛta) and proper arrangement—highlighting sincerity and orderliness in sacred acts rather than casual performance.