Shloka 83

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

Devanagari script

अष्टादशे यो दिवसे प्राश्नीयादेकभोजनम्‌

Transliteration

aṣṭādaśe yo divase prāśnīyād ekabhojanam

Translation

“Barangsiapa pada hari kedelapan belas makan hanya sekali (sekali santap),”

Word by Word

• अष्टादशे: on the eighteenth
• अष्टादशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यो: who
• यो: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राश्नीयात्: should eat
• प्राश्नीयात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एकभोजनम्: a single meal (once-eating)
• एकभोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकभोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse promotes disciplined restraint—specifically limiting oneself to one meal on a designated day—as a dharmic practice. Such regulation of appetite is presented as a means to cultivate self-mastery and moral purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing (in a prescriptive, rule-like style) about a particular observance involving diet. The line is part of a larger set of guidelines where specific days and modes of eating are linked to ethical and religious merit.