Shloka 114

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

Devanagari script

सप्तम्यां चैव कन्यार्थी गच्छेत्सैव प्रसूयते अष्टम्यां सर्वसम्पन्नं तनयं सम्प्रसूयते

Transliteration

saptamyāṃ caiva kanyārthī gacchetsaiva prasūyate aṣṭamyāṃ sarvasampannaṃ tanayaṃ samprasūyate

Translation

第七の月日（ティティ）に、娘を望んで交われば、まことに娘が生まれる。第八に交われば、あらゆる徳に満ちた息子が生まれる。この教えでは、カーラ（時）は儀礼の支えとされ、ダルマとパティ（シヴァ）へのバクティに調和するとき、パシュ（個我）の具身の運命を形づくる。

Word by Word

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)

• च एव: and indeed

• कन्यार्थी: desiring a daughter

• गच्छेत्: should go/approach (for union)

• सा एव: she indeed

• प्रसूयते: gives birth/is born

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi)

• सर्वसम्पन्नम्: endowed with all prosperities/excellences

• तनयम्: son/offspring

• सम्प्रसूयते: is fully brought forth/is born

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana teachings to the sages of Naimisharanya)