Shloka 41
The Greatness of the Month of Māgha
Māgha-snāna, Harivāsara, and the Kāṣṭhīlā-Upākhyāna
प्रातर्विप्राय दद्याच्च वैष्णवाय कुटुंबिने । तत्कुंभक्रोडसंयुक्तं सनैवेद्यपरिच्छदम् ॥ ४१ ॥
prātarviprāya dadyācca vaiṣṇavāya kuṭuṃbine | tatkuṃbhakroḍasaṃyuktaṃ sanaivedyaparicchadam || 41 ||
प्रातःकाल इसे किसी वैष्णव गृहस्थ ब्राह्मण को दे; उसके साथ कुंभ और आधार-पीठ भी हो, तथा नैवेद्य और आवश्यक सामग्री सहित हो।
Narada (teaching in the Uttara-bhāga dāna/vrata context)
Vrata: Harivāsara (contextual)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames charity (dāna) as a devotional act: giving in the morning to a Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇa householder, complete with the vessel, support, and offerings, makes the gift ritually whole and oriented toward Viṣṇu-bhakti.
Bhakti here is practiced through honoring a Vaiṣṇava recipient and offering naivedya—treating the act of giving as service connected to Viṣṇu, not merely social generosity.
It highlights ritual procedure (kalpa-style discipline): timing (morning), qualified recipient (Vaiṣṇava vipra), and completeness of the donation (kumbha with stand and paricchada, plus naivedya).