Shloka 102

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

चतुर्विंशे तु दिवसे यः प्राप्ते प्राशते हवि:

Transliteration

caturviṁśe tu divase yaḥ prāpte prāśate haviḥ

Translation

ഇരുപത്തിനാലാം ദിവസം, സമയം വന്നപ്പോൾ, ആരാണ് ഹവിസ്‌ (യാഗാഹുതി) പ്രാശനം ചെയ്യുന്നതോ…

Word by Word

• चतुर्विंशे: on the twenty-fourth
• चतुर्विंशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived / upon arrival
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• प्राशते: eats/partakes
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-अश्
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• हविः: the oblation (havis)
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• havis (sacrificial oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma in ritual life includes strict adherence to prescribed timing and procedure; consuming the oblation (havis) is not merely eating, but a regulated act that must align with the proper time (kāla) and rule (vidhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-discourse, introducing a rule about partaking of sacrificial offerings specifically tied to the twenty-fourth day, emphasizing correct observance of a vow/rite.