Shloka 18
Saṃdhyāvalī-ākhyāna
Mohinī-parīkṣā; Dvādaśī-vrata-mahattva
नित्यमेकमृषिं प्रातः पूजयित्वा यथाविधि । पादोदकं तस्य सुभ्रु भक्त्या पिबति हृष्टधीः ॥ १८ ॥
nityamekamṛṣiṃ prātaḥ pūjayitvā yathāvidhi | pādodakaṃ tasya subhru bhaktyā pibati hṛṣṭadhīḥ || 18 ||
နံနက်တိုင်း အမိန့်တော်အတိုင်း ရှိသင့်သလို ရှင်ရသီတစ်ပါးကို ပူဇော်ကန်တော့ပြီးနောက်၊ မျက်ခုံးလှသောသူမသည် ထိုရသီ၏ ခြေသုတ်ရေကို ဘက္တိဖြင့် ဝမ်းမြောက်စိတ်နှင့် သောက်လေ၏။
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches daily reverence to realized sages as a concrete discipline of humility and devotion, where honoring the holy person and receiving pādodaka becomes a means of inner purification and joyful faith.
Bhakti is shown as lived practice: worship performed “according to rule” and the devoted acceptance of the saint’s pādodaka, done with a delighted heart rather than mere formality.
Ritual correctness (yathā-vidhi) reflects kalpa-style procedural discipline—performing worship by prescribed method—while emphasizing that devotion (bhaktyā) is the animating principle of the rite.