Shloka 32

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

Devanagari script

दिवसे सप्तमे यस्तु प्राश्नीयादेकभोजनम्‌

Transliteration

divase saptame yas tu prāśnīyād ekabhojanam | yo dvādaśa māsān prati saptame dine ekakālaṁ bhuṅkte, pratidinam agnau āhutiṁ dadāti, vāṇīṁ saṁyamya brahmacaryaṁ carati, puṣpamālā-candana-madhu-māṁsāni ca sadā tyajati, sa marudgaṇaiḥ saha indraloke gacchati ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ଯେ ପୁରୁଷ ଦ୍ୱାଦଶ ମାସ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପ୍ରତି ସପ୍ତମ ଦିନ ଏକବାର ଭୋଜନ କରେ, ପ୍ରତିଦିନ ପବିତ୍ର ଅଗ୍ନିରେ ଆହୁତି ଦେଇଥାଏ, ବାକ୍‌ସଂଯମ ରଖେ ଓ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପାଳନ କରେ; ଏବଂ ପୁଷ୍ପମାଳା, ଚନ୍ଦନ, ମଧୁ ଓ ମାଂସକୁ ସଦାକାଳ ପାଇଁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରେ—ସେ ମରୁଦ୍ଗଣମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଲୋକକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तमे: seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्राश्नीयात्: should eat/partake
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एक: one/single
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोजनम्: meal/food
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra
• Maruts
• Agni (sacred fire)
• āhuti (oblations)
• flower garland
• sandalwood
• honey
• meat

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sustained austerity joined with purity—regulated eating, daily fire-offerings, restraint of speech, and brahmacarya—along with renunciation of sensual enjoyments, is presented as a dharmic discipline that yields high spiritual merit and leads to Indra’s heaven among the Maruts.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma through vows and observances. Here he describes a specific year-long vrata: eating once on every seventh day, performing daily āhutis, practicing verbal restraint and brahmacarya, and giving up certain pleasures; he then states the फल (result)—attainment of Indraloka with the Maruts.