Shloka 25

The Description of the Glory of Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

हरेर्द्दिनं सदोपोष्यं नरैर्धर्मपरायणैः । इच्छद्भिर्विपुलान्योगान्पुत्रपौत्रादिकाँस्तथा ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

harerddinaṃ sadopoṣyaṃ narairdharmaparāyaṇaiḥ | icchadbhirvipulānyogānputrapautrādikāṃstathā || 25 ||

Translation

धर्मपरायण मनुष्यों को हरि के दिन का सदा उपवासपूर्वक पालन करना चाहिए—विशेषकर उन्हें जो पुत्र, पौत्र आदि सहित विपुल कल्याण-फल चाहते हैं।

Word by Word

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Ekavacana

• dinam: day
• dinam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā Ekavacana

• sadā: always
• sadā: Viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (कालवाचक)

• upoṣyam: to be observed as a fast
• upoṣyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु) → upoṣya (कृदन्त, यत्/gerundive)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā Ekavacana; yat-pratyaya (gerundive/भाव्य) agreeing with dinam; 'to be fasted/observed as a fast'

• naraiḥ: by men
• naraiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā Bahuvacana

• dharma-parāyaṇaiḥ: devoted to dharma
• dharma-parāyaṇaiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa of naraiḥ

• icchadbhiḥ: by those desiring
• icchadbhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √iṣ (धातु) → icchat (कृदन्त, शतृ/Present active participle)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā Bahuvacana; śatṛ-pratyaya; qualifies naraiḥ

• vipulān: abundant / great
• vipulān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā Bahuvacana; qualifies yogān

• yogān: prosperities / attainments
• yogān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā Bahuvacana

• putra-pautra-ādikān: sons, grandsons, and the like
• putra-pautra-ādikān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā Bahuvacana; dvandva listing 'sons, grandsons, etc.'

• tathā: likewise / also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (तुल्य/समुच्चयार्थक)

Speaker

Unspecified (gnomic/authorial voice)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Hari-dina (Hari’s day; in context likely Dvādaśī-related)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Hari

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