Shloka 33

The Bhīma-Dvādaśī

Kalyāṇinī) Vow and the Anangadāna-Vrata (with a Courtesan-Conduct Discourse

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां निराहारः समभ्यर्च्य च केशवम् । तां रात्रिं सकलां स्थित्वा शेषपर्यंकशायिनम्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samabhyarcya ca keśavam | tāṃ rātriṃ sakalāṃ sthitvā śeṣaparyaṃkaśāyinam

Translation

ഏകാദശിദിനം നിരാഹാരമായി കേശവനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിക്കണം; പിന്നെ മുഴുവൻ രാത്രി ജാഗരണം ചെയ്ത് ശേഷപര്യങ്കശായിയായ ഭഗവാനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• निराहारः: fasting (without food)
• निराहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्याहृतः कर्ता)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/त्वान्त)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• केशवम्: Keśava
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रात्रिम् इति)

• रात्रिम्: night
• रात्रिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सकलाम्: entire
• सकलाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रात्रिम् इति)

• स्थित्वा: having remained (awake/steadfast)
• स्थित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/त्वान्त)

• शेषपर्यंकशायिनम्: the one who lies on the couch of Śeṣa
• शेषपर्यंकशायिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष + पर्यङ्क + शायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—शेषस्य पर्यङ्के शायी (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to identify the dialogue speaker reliably).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: शेषपर्यंकशायिनम् → शेष + पर्यङ्क + शायिनम् (समास; ङ्क/ंक लेखभेद); अन्यत्र सन्धि विशेषः न।

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Śeṣa (Ananta)

FAQs

What practice does this verse prescribe for Ekādaśī?

It prescribes fasting (nirāhāra) on Ekādaśī, worship of Keśava (Viṣṇu), and staying awake through the whole night in devotional vigil.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It centers devotion on personal worship of Keśava and sustained remembrance through night-long vigil, framing discipline (fasting) as an aid to loving contemplation.

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson conveyed here?

Self-restraint and steadiness—expressed through fasting and vigilance—are presented as means to deepen attention, reverence, and continuous remembrance of the divine.