Shloka 10

Kārtika Vrata, Bhīṣma-pañcaka, and Ekādaśī Timing

Tithi & Pāraṇa Rules

Devanagari script

गोमूत्रं च दधि क्षीरं पञ्चमे पञ्चगव्यकम् / नक्तं कुर्यात्पञ्चदश्यां व्रती स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्

Transliteration

gomūtraṃ ca dadhi kṣīraṃ pañcame pañcagavyakam / naktaṃ kuryātpañcadaśyāṃ vratī syādbhuktimuktibhāk

Translation

နွားဆီး၊ နွားနို့ချဉ် (ဒဓိ) နှင့် နွားနို့ကို သောက်ယူရမည်။ ပဉ္စမနေ့တွင် ပဉ္စဂဗျ (pañcagavya) ကို ယူဆောင်ရမည်။ ဝ్రတကို ထိန်းသိမ်းသူသည် လပြည့်တစ်ဆယ့်ငါးရက်နေ့တွင် ညဘက်သာ စားသောက်၍ လောကီအာနန္ဒနှင့် မောက္ခကို နှစ်မျိုးလုံး ရရှိမည်။

Word by Word

• गोमूत्रम्: cow-urine
• गोमूत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोः मूत्रम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दधि: curd, yogurt
• दधि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पञ्चमे: on the fifth (day)
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (locative: 'on the fifth')

• पञ्चगव्यकम्: the fivefold cow-products (pañcagavya)
• पञ्चगव्यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + गव्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (पञ्च गव्यकानि यस्मिन्/समूहः)

• नक्तम्: at night
• नक्तम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नक्तम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: at night)

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? actually तृतीयपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आदेश/विधानार्थे

• पञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (tithi)
• पञ्चदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the fifteenth day)

• व्रती: a vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be/should become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, तृतीयपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्: a partaker of enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्: Karta-predicative (Predicate nominative/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भाज् (धातु) → भाक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भाक् = 'भागी' (agent-noun from √भाज्); भुक्ति-मुक्ति इति द्वन्द्वः (भुक्तिं च मुक्तिं च)

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (in instruction to Garuḍa/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vrata with purity-observances (pancagavya) and regulated eating (naktabhojana) yields both worldly well-being and liberation.

Vedantic Theme: Sattva-shuddhi as a support for bhakti and jnana; karma (vrata) becomes a means when offered in a Vishnu-oriented frame.

Application: Undertake a regulated vow: maintain purity disciplines, take food only at night on the specified tithi, and keep the practice consistent with devotion and restraint.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Preta/Acara sections): vrata-phala passages praising Ekadashi and purity observances; Garuda Purana: shraddha/achara discussions where shauca and niyama are prerequisites for rites

FAQs

What is the importance of pañcagavya in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents pañcagavya as a purificatory observance within a vrata framework, used to support ritual cleanliness and spiritual merit leading toward higher results.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Rather than describing post-death stages, it teaches dharmic discipline—purification and regulated eating—as a means to accumulate merit that supports both prosperity (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It emphasizes disciplined restraint and ritual purity; in practice, one can adopt ethically grounded fasting/self-control on sacred days and keep observances aligned with one’s tradition and guidance.