Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पूताभिश्न तथैवाद्धिः सदा दैवततर्पणम्‌ । भावेन नियत: कुर्वन्‌ ब्रह्मचारी प्रशस्यते,जो ब्रह्मचारी सदा नियमपरायण होकर श्रद्धाके साथ शुद्ध जलसे नित्य देवताओंका तर्पण करता है, उसकी सर्वत्र प्रशंसा होती है

Transliteration

pūtābhiś ca tathaivāddhiḥ sadā daivatatarpaṇam | bhāvena niyataḥ kurvan brahmacārī praśasyate ||

Translation

ヴァーユは言った。「梵行者として誓戒に堅く立ち、清らかな水をもって日々神々にタルパナ（奠水供養）を捧げ、真実の信と正しい意をもって行う者は、あまねく称賛される。その規律ある帰依は、模範の行いとされる。」

Word by Word

पूतेनwith purified (water)

अपःwaters

हिindeed

तथाthus / in that manner

एवonly / certainly

आद्धिःprosperity / increase

सदाalways

दैवत-तर्पणम्offering of libations to the deities

भावेनwith devotion / with sincere intent

नियतःrestrained / disciplined

कुर्वन्doing / performing

ब्रह्मचारीa celibate student (brahmacārin)

प्रशस्यतेis praised

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

daivatāḥ (the gods)

tarpaṇa (water-libation offering)

pūta-jala (pure water)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined conduct (niyama) joined with inner sincerity (bhāva/śraddhā) makes religious practice meaningful; a brahmacārin who regularly performs devatā-tarpaṇa with purity is held up as an ideal of dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing by praising a model practitioner: a brahmacārin who, as part of daily observance, offers water-libations to the gods with pure water and sincere intent, thereby earning universal commendation.