Shloka 19

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

क्षमाहिंसादिनियमैः संयुक्ता ब्रह्मचारिणी दद्यात्कृष्णतिलानां च भारमेकम् अतन्द्रिता

Transliteration

kṣamāhiṃsādiniyamaiḥ saṃyuktā brahmacāriṇī dadyātkṛṣṇatilānāṃ ca bhāramekam atandritā

Translation

Pourvue d’observances telles que la patience et l’ahiṃsā (non-violence), la votive gardant le brahmacarya doit, sans négligence, donner en aumône une charge entière (mesure) de sésame noir.

Word by Word

• क्षमाः: forbearance/forgiveness

• अहिंसा: non-violence

• आदि: and other (virtues)

• नियमैः: by observances/restraints

• संयुक्ता: endowed/connected with

• ब्रह्मचारिणी: a celibate female votary (one practicing brahmacarya)

• दद्यात्: should give (in charity)

• कृष्णतिलानाम्: of black sesame seeds

• च: and

• भारम्: a load/weight-measure

• एकम्: one

• अतन्द्रिता: untiring, without negligence

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating prescribed dana/vrata discipline to the sages of Naimisharanya)