Shloka 21
The Description of Mohinī’s Love Episode
भुक्त्वा तु सौख्यानि च यांति मानवा हरेः पदं तद्दिनसेवनेन । द्वाराणि सध्वान्तनिशासु भूप गुप्तानि कुर्वंति न दस्यु भीताः ॥ २१ ॥
bhuktvā tu saukhyāni ca yāṃti mānavā hareḥ padaṃ taddinasevanena | dvārāṇi sadhvāntaniśāsu bhūpa guptāni kurvaṃti na dasyu bhītāḥ || 21 ||
ലൗകികസുഖങ്ങൾ അനുഭവിച്ചിട്ടും, ആ പുണ്യദിനസേവനത്താൽ മനുഷ്യർ ഒടുവിൽ ഹരിയുടെ പദം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. രാജാവേ, ഘോരാന്ധകാര രാത്രികളിലും അവർ വാതിലുകൾ പൂട്ടി കാക്കുന്നില്ല; കള്ളഭയം ഇല്ല.
Nārada (teaching a king within the Uttara-Bhāga tīrtha/vrata context)
Vrata: Mādhava-vāsara (tad-dina: that sacred day)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that sincere service to Hari on the prescribed sacred day grants both worldly well-being and the supreme goal—attaining Hari’s abode—showing bhakti as both practical and liberating.
Bhakti is presented as disciplined ‘sevanā’ (devotional service/observance). By honoring the designated day with Hari-centered practice, one gains divine protection (fearlessness) and ultimately mokṣa (hareḥ padam).
The verse primarily emphasizes vrata-dharma and phala-śruti rather than a specific Vedāṅga; practically, it highlights proper observance (niyama) of a calendrical sacred day—an applied aspect aligned with Jyotiṣa-based timing in Purāṇic ritual culture.