Shloka 41

The Vow of the Bed of Good Fortune (Saubhāgya-śayana) and the Saubhāgyāṣṭaka

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्यामतस्तद्वत्सपत्नीकः पितामहः । उपासनीयो विदुषा परत्रा भीतिमिच्छता

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāmatastadvatsapatnīkaḥ pitāmahaḥ | upāsanīyo viduṣā paratrā bhītimicchatā

Translation

അതുപോലെ പൗർണ്ണമിയിലും, പത്നിയോടുകൂടിയ പിതാമഹൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്)നെ പരലോകഭയം അകറ്റാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന പണ്ഡിതൻ ഉപാസിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• atas: therefore
• atas: Hetu (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (therefore/from this)

• tadvat: likewise
• tadvat: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; 'likewise'

• sapatnīkaḥ: accompanied by (his) wife
• sapatnīkaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक) + -ka (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying pitāmahaḥ): 'with wife'

• pitāmahaḥ: the grandfather (Pitāmaha/Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• upāsanīyaḥ: to be worshipped
• upāsanīyaḥ: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-ās (धातु) + anīya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (अनīय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाव्य/विधेयार्थः: 'to be worshipped'

• viduṣā: by a learned person
• viduṣā: Karta (Agent-in-instrumental/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• paratrā: in the hereafter
• paratrā: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय; 'in the next world/thereafter'

• bhītim: fear
• bhītim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• icchatā: desiring
• icchatā: Karta (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; 'desiring' (agreeing with viduṣā)

Speaker

Pulastya (traditionally narrating) to Bhīṣma (listener) — speaker attribution inferred from common Padma Purāṇa dialogue framing in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पौर्णमास्यामतस्तद्वत्सपत्नीकः → paurṇamāsyām + atas + tadvat + sapatnīkaḥ; भीतिमिच्छता → bhītim + icchatā.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What does this verse teach about Paurṇamāsī (the full-moon observance)?

It recommends Paurṇamāsī as a suitable sacred time for upāsanā (devotional worship), specifically directing the learned practitioner to worship Brahmā (with his consort) on that day.

How does this verse relate to Bhakti or devotional practice?

The verse frames worship (upāsanā) as a purposeful spiritual discipline: devotional reverence offered at an auspicious time is presented as a means to attain inner security and a better post-death state.

What is the ethical or practical lesson emphasized here?

It encourages disciplined observance and reverent worship by the wise, linking one’s present conduct (regular sacred practice) with reduced anxiety about consequences in the hereafter.