Shloka 20
The Āditya-Śayana (Ravi-Śayana) Vow: Night-Meal Discipline, Nakṣatra Limb-Worship, and the Unity of Sūrya and Śiva
चतुर्दशे तु संप्राप्ते पारणे भारतादिके । ब्राह्मणं भोजयेद्भक्त्या गुडक्षीरघृतादिभिः
caturdaśe tu saṃprāpte pāraṇe bhāratādike | brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayedbhaktyā guḍakṣīraghṛtādibhiḥ
चतुर्दशी तिथी आली की—पारणकाळी, भारतादि विधीनुसार—भक्तीने ब्राह्मणास गूळ, दूध, तूप इत्यादी पदार्थांनी भोजन घालावे।
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (contextual narrator/instructor within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: संप्राप्ते (सप्तमी) इति सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः: चतुर्दशे ... संप्राप्ते. भोजयेद्भक्त्या = भोजयेत् + भक्त्या (त् + भ् → द्भ्).
FAQs
Pāraṇa is the formal concluding act of a vow or fast, where the practitioner ends the observance in a prescribed way—often involving worship and charitable feeding.
These are traditional sattvic, nourishing offerings associated with auspicious completion of rites; feeding a brāhmaṇa is presented as a meritorious act (dāna) performed with devotion (bhakti).
It links personal religious discipline (vrata) with generosity and service—teaching that devotion is completed through compassionate giving and respectful hospitality.