Shloka 49

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

मार्गशीर्षे च मासे ऽपि कृत्वैवं नक्तभोजनम् यवान्नेन यथान्यायम् आज्यक्षीरादिभिः समम्

Transliteration

mārgaśīrṣe ca māse 'pi kṛtvaivaṃ naktabhojanam yavānnena yathānyāyam ājyakṣīrādibhiḥ samam

Translation

Bahkan pada bulan Mārgaśīrṣa pun hendaklah dipelihara disiplin yang sama, iaitu makan hanya pada waktu malam; dan menurut aturan yang benar, mengambil hidangan yavānna (makanan barli) disertai sama rata dengan ghee, susu, dan persembahan suci seumpamanya—demi menunaikan vrata Śaiva dengan pengendalian diri untuk Tuhan (Pati).

Word by Word

• मार्गशीर्षे: in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa

• च: and

• मासे: in the month

• अपि: also/even

• कृत्वा: having done/observing

• एवम्: thus/in this manner

• नक्त-भोजनम्: night-only eating (a vrata discipline)

• यव-अन्नेन: with barley-food

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to rule/according to proper procedure

• आज्य: ghee

• क्षीर: milk

• आदिभिः: and the like (other pure items)

• समम्: equally/together/in due proportion

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-vrata guidelines to the sages of Naimisharanya)