Shloka 14

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

धर्मकामार्थमोक्षार्थं सर्वपापविशुद्धये पुष्यमासे च सम्पूज्य यः कुर्यान्नक्तभोजनम्

Transliteration

dharmakāmārthamokṣārthaṃ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye puṣyamāse ca sampūjya yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam

Translation

En quête de dharma, kāma, artha et mokṣa, et pour la purification totale de tous les péchés, quiconque, au mois de Puṣya, adore (Śiva) avec la révérence requise et observe le vœu de ne manger que la nuit, obtient le mérite sacré visé.

Word by Word

• dharma: righteousness/duty

• kāma: lawful desire

• artha: prosperity/purpose

• mokṣa-artham: for liberation

• sarva-pāpa: all sins

• viśuddhaye: for purification

• puṣya-māse: in the month named Puṣya

• ca: and

• sampūjya: having properly worshipped (especially with complete rites)

• yaḥ: whoever

• kuryāt: should do/undertake

• nakta-bhojanam: night-time meal only (naktavrata).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)