Shloka 41

The Lakṣmī–Nārāyaṇa Vow Narrative

Puṣya Thursday Observance and the Ethics of Fortune

Devanagari script

तृतीये खंडसंयुक्तं दध्योदननिवेदनम् । शामाक शालि कासारैश्चतुर्थे पूजयेन्मुदा

Transliteration

tṛtīye khaṃḍasaṃyuktaṃ dadhyodananivedanam | śāmāka śāli kāsāraiścaturthe pūjayenmudā

Translation

第三の日には、喜びをもって、刻みを混ぜたヨーグルト飯（凝乳飯）を供えるべきである。第四の日には、シュヤーマカの穀、シャーリ米、そしてカーサーラの調製品をもって、楽しげに礼拝すべきである。

Word by Word

• तृतीये: on the third (day)
• तृतीये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (दिने इत्यर्थे), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘on the third (day)’

• खण्ड-संयुक्तम्: mixed with pieces/lumps
• खण्ड-संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त; सम्+युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here agreeing with निवेदनम् (n.); ‘mixed with pieces (sugar lumps etc.)’

• दधि-ओदन-निवेदनम्: an offering of curd-rice
• दधि-ओदन-निवेदनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक) + ओदन (प्रातिपदिक) + निवेदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘offering of rice with curd’

• शामाक: with śyāmāka millet
• शामाक: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शामाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (छन्दसि/पाठभेदे); Instrumental plural understood with कासारैः; millet

• शालि: with śāli rice
• शालि: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (छन्दसि/पाठभेदे); Instrumental plural understood with कासारैः; rice

• कासारैः: with puddings/porridge preparations (kāsāra)
• कासारैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कासार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• चतुर्थे: on the fourth (day)
• चतुर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (दिने इत्यर्थे), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘on the fourth (day)’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular; ‘with joy’ (adverbial use)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial/ritual-instruction voice within the Brahma-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: दध्योदननिवेदनम् = दधि + ओदन + निवेदनम्; कासारैश्चतुर्थे = कासारैः + चतुर्थे; पूजयेन्मुदा = पूजयेत् + मुदा. (शामाक/शालि forms appear as stem-forms in the received text; construed instrumentally with कासारैः.)

FAQs

What practice is this verse describing?

It outlines a sequential ritual or vow-observance (vrata) instruction, specifying food offerings (naivedya) and items used for worship on the third and fourth day/phase.

What is the significance of offering dadhyodana (curd-rice) in Purāṇic worship?

Dadhyodana is a simple, sattvic offering associated with purity and nourishment, commonly used as naivedya in devotional observances.

What ethical or devotional emphasis appears in this verse?

The emphasis is on orderly observance and the inner attitude of worship—performing the offerings and pūjā “with joy” (mudā), not merely as a mechanical duty.