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Shloka 37

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

देवकार्यपरो निन्‍्यं॑ जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌ | पौण्डरीकस्य यज्ञस्य फल प्राप्रोत्यनुत्तमम्‌

Bhīṣma uvāca | devakāryaparo nityaṁ juhvāno jātavedasam | pauṇḍarīkasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoty anuttamam ||

ભીષ્મે કહ્યું—જે સદા દેવકાર્યમાં તત્પર રહે છે અને દરરોજ જાતવેદસ અગ્નિમાં આહુતિ અર્પે છે, તે પૌંડરીક યજ્ઞનું અનुत્તમ ફળ પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે।

देवकार्यपरःintent on the work of the gods
देवकार्यपरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवकार्यपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always, daily
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्यम्
जुह्वानःoffering (oblations)
जुह्वानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु (जुहोति)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पौण्डरीकस्यof the Pauṇḍarīka
पौण्डरीकस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootपौण्डरीक
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्नोतिattains
प्राप्नोति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (प्राप्नोति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, supreme
अनुत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
Agni (Jātavedas)
D
Devas
P
Pauṇḍarīka-yajña

Educational Q&A

Consistent devotion to divine duties—especially daily fire-offerings (agnihotra) performed with sincerity—yields the highest sacrificial merit, comparable to the supreme fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka sacrifice.

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and religious observances; here he states that one who regularly offers oblations to Agni and remains devoted to the gods attains the unsurpassed result associated with the Pauṇḍarīka yajña.