Verse 3

Bhikshuka

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ बहूदका नाम त्रिदण्डकमण्डलुशिखायज्ञोपवीतकाषायवस्त्रधारिणो ब्रह्मर्षिगृहे मधुमांसं वर्जयित्वाष्टौ ग्रासान् भैक्षाचरणं कृत्वा योगमार्गे मोक्षमेव प्रार्थयन्ते॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । बहूदकाः । नाम । त्रि-दण्ड-कमण्डलु-शिखा-यज्ञोपवीत-काषाय-वस्त्र-धारिणः । ब्रह्म-ऋषि-गृहे । मधु । मांसम् । वर्जयित्वा । अष्टौ । ग्रासान् । भैक्ष-अचरणम् । कृत्वा । योग-मार्गे । मोक्षम् । एव । प्रार्थयन्ते ॥३॥

IAST Transliteration

atha bahūdakā nāma tri-daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalu-śikhā-yajñopavīta-kāṣāya-vastra-dhāriṇo brahmarṣi-gṛhe madhu-māṁsaṁ varjayitvā 'ṣṭau grāsān bhaikṣācaraṇaṁ kṛtvā yoga-mārge mokṣam eva prārthayante ||3||

Translation

ਹੁਣ ਬਹੂਦਕ ਕਹੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ—ਤ੍ਰਿਦੰਡ, ਕਮੰਡਲੁ, ਸ਼ਿਖਾ, ਯਜ੍ਞੋਪਵੀਤ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਸ਼ਾਇ ਵਸਤ੍ਰ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ—ਬ੍ਰਹਮਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਦੇ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਹਿਦ ਤੇ ਮਾਸ ਤਿਆਗ ਕੇ, ਭਿਖਿਆ-ਚਰਣ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਅੱਠ ਗ੍ਰਾਸ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਯੋਗ-ਮਾਰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੇਵਲ ਮੋਖ਼ਸ਼ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ।

Academic Translation

Now, those called Bahūdakas—bearing the triple staff, water-pot, topknot, sacred thread, and ochre cloth—having avoided honey and meat in the house of a brahmarṣi, and having practiced alms-round taking eight mouthfuls, seek liberation alone on the path of yoga.

Verse Context

• Sannyāsa-dharma (renunciant discipline) and purity as support for Mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: external marks and purity disciplines are treated as auxiliaries to the inner realization taught by mahāvākyas.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose