Shloka 126
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
श्रियं प्रत्यङ्मुखो भुंक्ते यशो भुङ्क्त उदङ्मुखः । प्राच्यां नरो लभेदायुर्याम्यां प्रेतत्वमश्नुते
śriyaṃ pratyaṅmukho bhuṃkte yaśo bhuṅkta udaṅmukhaḥ | prācyāṃ naro labhedāyuryāmyāṃ pretatvamaśnute
ପଶ୍ଚିମମୁଖେ ଭୋଜନ କଲେ ଶ୍ରୀ-ସମୃଦ୍ଧି ଭୋଗ ହୁଏ, ଉତ୍ତରମୁଖେ କଲେ ଯଶ ମିଳେ। ପୂର୍ବମୁଖେ ନର ଦୀର୍ଘାୟୁ ଲଭେ, କିନ୍ତୁ ଦକ୍ଷିଣମୁଖେ ପ୍ରେତତ୍ୱ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରେ।
Unspecified (narrative instruction within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: प्रत्यङ्मुखः = प्रत्यङ् + मुखः; उदङ्मुखः = उदङ् + मुखः; लभेदायुः = लभेत् + आयुः (त् + आ → दा); प्रेतत्वमश्नुते = प्रेतत्वम् + अश्नुते (म् + अ → म)
FAQs
It gives directional guidance (dik-nirdesha) for sitting—especially while eating or performing daily acts—linking each direction with a specific result.
The verse promotes mindful, disciplined conduct in daily life, presenting traditional ideas of auspicious orientation and warning against inauspicious habits.
It denotes the condition of a preta—an unsettled post-death state in Purāṇic thought—used here as a strong warning against facing south for the stated act.