Shloka 16

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

यजिष्णु: पञ्चमीं षष्ठीं कुले भोजयते द्विजान्‌ | अष्टमीमथ कौरव्य कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम्‌

Transliteration

yajiṣṇuḥ pañcamīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ kule bhojayate dvijān | aṣṭamīm atha kauravya kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm ||

Translation

Aṅgiras berkata: “Seorang yang tekun dalam yajña dan kewajipan suci memberi jamuan kepada para Brahmin pada hari kelima dan keenam dalam upacara keluarganya; dan, wahai keturunan Kuru, demikian juga pada hari kelapan serta hari keempat belas dalam separuh bulan gelap (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa). Dengan memuliakan orang berilmu pada tithi yang mujarab itu, dia meneguhkan dharma melalui pemberian yang berdisiplin.”

Word by Word

• यजिष्णुः: one who is devoted to sacrifice / a sacrificer
• यजिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजिष्णु (यज् धातु-निष्पन्न विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चमीम्: the fifth (day)
• पञ्चमीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• षष्ठीम्: the sixth (day)
• षष्ठीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुले: in (his) family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भोजयते: feeds / causes to eat / entertains with food
• भोजयते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (भोजयति—णिच्)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (lit. twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अष्टमीम्: the eighth (day)
• अष्टमीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then / moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight (waning half of the month)
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्दशीम्: the fourteenth (day)
• चतुर्दशीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgiras
• Kauravya (Kuru-line addressee)
• dvija (Brahmins/twice-born)
• kṛṣṇapakṣa (dark fortnight)
• pañcamī
• ṣaṣṭhī
• aṣṭamī
• caturdaśī