Shloka 19
Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय
Devanagari script
अब्बिन्दुं यः कुशाग्रेण मासि मासि समश्नुते न्यायतो यश्चरेद्भैक्ष्यं पूर्वोक्तात्स विशिष्यते
Transliteration
abbinduṃ yaḥ kuśāgreṇa māsi māsi samaśnute nyāyato yaścaredbhaikṣyaṃ pūrvoktātsa viśiṣyate
Translation
月ごとに、クシャ草の先から水の一滴のみを受け、しかも正法にかなって得た托鉢の施しで生きる者は、先に説かれた修行者よりも勝れている。
Word by Word
abbinduma drop of water
abbindum:
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
kuśāgreṇawith/from the tip of kuśa grass
kuśāgreṇa:
māsi māsimonth after month
māsi māsi:
samaśnuteeats/partakes (subsists on)
samaśnute:
nyāyataḥby justice, rightly, lawfully
nyāyataḥ:
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
caretwould practice/undertake
caret:
bhaikṣyamalms-living, mendicancy
bhaikṣyam:
pūrvoktātthan the one mentioned earlier
pūrvoktāt:
saḥhe
saḥ:
viśiṣyateis distinguished/excels/is superior
viśiṣyate:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata-discipline as received in the Purana tradition)