Verse 3

Bhikshuka

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ बहूदका नाम त्रिदण्डकमण्डलुशिखायज्ञोपवीतकाषायवस्त्रधारिणो ब्रह्मर्षिगृहे मधुमांसं वर्जयित्वाष्टौ ग्रासान् भैक्षाचरणं कृत्वा योगमार्गे मोक्षमेव प्रार्थयन्ते॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । बहूदकाः । नाम । त्रि-दण्ड-कमण्डलु-शिखा-यज्ञोपवीत-काषाय-वस्त्र-धारिणः । ब्रह्म-ऋषि-गृहे । मधु । मांसम् । वर्जयित्वा । अष्टौ । ग्रासान् । भैक्ष-अचरणम् । कृत्वा । योग-मार्गे । मोक्षम् । एव । प्रार्थयन्ते ॥३॥

IAST Transliteration

atha bahūdakā nāma tri-daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalu-śikhā-yajñopavīta-kāṣāya-vastra-dhāriṇo brahmarṣi-gṛhe madhu-māṁsaṁ varjayitvā 'ṣṭau grāsān bhaikṣācaraṇaṁ kṛtvā yoga-mārge mokṣam eva prārthayante ||3||

Translation

Adapun yang disebut Bahūdaka—membawa tongkat tiga (tridaṇḍa), kendi air (kamaṇḍalu), jambul, benang suci (yajñopavīta), dan jubah oker—setelah menghindari madu dan daging di rumah seorang brahmarṣi, serta menjalani hidup dari derma dengan delapan suap, di jalan yoga mereka memohon moksha semata.

Academic Translation

Now, those called Bahūdakas—bearing the triple staff, water-pot, topknot, sacred thread, and ochre cloth—having avoided honey and meat in the house of a brahmarṣi, and having practiced alms-round taking eight mouthfuls, seek liberation alone on the path of yoga.

Verse Context

• Sannyāsa-dharma (renunciant discipline) and purity as support for Mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: external marks and purity disciplines are treated as auxiliaries to the inner realization taught by mahāvākyas.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose