Shloka 48

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा गोमिथुनं चैव कापिलं पूर्ववद् द्विजाः सूर्यसायुज्यमाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

dattvā gomithunaṃ caiva kāpilaṃ pūrvavad dvijāḥ sūryasāyujyamāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ! മുൻപറഞ്ഞ വിധിപ്രകാരം കാപില (താമ്രവർണ്ണ) ഗോമിഥുനം ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ സൂര്യനോടു സായുജ്യം (ഏകത്വം) ലഭിക്കും; ഇതിൽ സംശയം വേണ്ട.

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given

• गोमिथुनम्: a pair (male and female) of cows/cattle

• च एव: and indeed

• कापिलम्: tawny, Kapila-colored (a valued variety)

• पूर्ववत्: as stated earlier, according to prior injunction

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇa/Kṣatriya/Vaiśya)

• सूर्यसायुज्यम्: union/identity with Sūrya (solar realm)

• आप्नोति: attains

• नात्र: not here / in this matter

• कार्या: to be done/required

• विचारणा: deliberation, dispute, critical doubt.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala of dana within the Linga Purana discourse)