Shloka 48

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

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा गोमिथुनं चैव कापिलं पूर्ववद् द्विजाः सूर्यसायुज्यमाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

dattvā gomithunaṃ caiva kāpilaṃ pūrvavad dvijāḥ sūryasāyujyamāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Ô deux-fois-nés : celui qui, selon le rite précédemment énoncé, offre en don une paire de vaches — en particulier des bêtes kāpila, fauves — obtient le sāyujya, l’union totale avec le Soleil ; sur ce point, nul besoin de discussion.

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given

• गोमिथुनम्: a pair (male and female) of cows/cattle

• च एव: and indeed

• कापिलम्: tawny, Kapila-colored (a valued variety)

• पूर्ववत्: as stated earlier, according to prior injunction

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇa/Kṣatriya/Vaiśya)

• सूर्यसायुज्यम्: union/identity with Sūrya (solar realm)

• आप्नोति: attains

• नात्र: not here / in this matter

• कार्या: to be done/required

• विचारणा: deliberation, dispute, critical doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala of dana within the Linga Purana discourse)