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Shloka 201

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

देवस्य च गुहस्यापि देव्या नन्दी श्वरस्य च । बलिं सुविहितं कृत्वा दमेन नियमेन च

devasya ca guhasyāpi devyā nandīśvarasya ca | baliṁ suvihitaṁ kṛtvā damena niyamena ca

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်– «ထို့နောက် ဂုဟ (Guha) ဘုရားသခင်ထံသို့လည်းကောင်း၊ ဒေဝီ (မဟာဒေဝီ) ထံသို့လည်းကောင်း၊ နန္ဒီဤရှ္ဝရ (Nandīśvara) ထံသို့လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် ဘလိ (ပူဇာအနုသင်) ကို မှန်ကန်စွာ ပြင်ဆင်၍ ဆက်ကပ်ပြီး၊ ကိုယ်တိုင်ထိန်းချုပ်မှုနှင့် စည်းကမ်းလိုက်နာမှုဖြင့် ဆက်လက်ပြုလုပ်ရမည်»။

देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गुहस्यof Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
गुहस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootगुह
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
देव्याby/with the goddess
देव्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
नन्दीश्वरस्यof Nandīśvara
नन्दीश्वरस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दीश्वर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बलिम्offering/oblation
बलिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबलि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सुविहितम्well-arranged/properly prescribed
सुविहितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-विहित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving done/made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
दमेनby self-control
दमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
नियमेनby observance/discipline
नियमेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनियम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
G
Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
D
Devī (the Goddess)
N
Nandīśvara

Educational Q&A

Proper worship and ethical practice must go together: ritual offerings (bali) are to be performed correctly, and one’s conduct should be governed by dama (self-restraint) and niyama (disciplined observance).

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a prescribed sequence of honoring specific deities—Guha, the Goddess, and Nandīśvara—through duly arranged offerings, emphasizing that the practitioner should maintain restraint and disciplined practice while undertaking the rite.