Shloka 78
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
पितर ऊचु. नीलषण्डस्य लाडूगूलं तोयमभ्युद्धरेद् यदि
pitar ūcuḥ | nīlaṣaṇḍasya lāḍūgūlaṃ toyam abhyuddhared yadi |
പിതൃകൾ പറഞ്ഞു—നീലഷണ്ഡന്റെ ‘ലാടൂഗൂല’ത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വെള്ളം മേലോട്ടെടുത്തു കൊണ്ടുവന്നാൽ…
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line frames a conditional act involving obtaining water from a specified sacred or noteworthy source connected with Nīlaṣaṇḍa, suggesting a discussion of ritual efficacy and the ethical-religious value of particular acts (often in the context of duties toward ancestors).
The Pitṛs are speaking and introduce a conditional statement—“if someone draws up water from the lāḍūgūla of Nīlaṣaṇḍa”—as part of a larger instruction or evaluation of a deed’s religious merit; the sentence appears incomplete without the following pāda(s).