Shloka 14

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

धर्मकामार्थमोक्षार्थं सर्वपापविशुद्धये पुष्यमासे च सम्पूज्य यः कुर्यान्नक्तभोजनम्

Transliteration

dharmakāmārthamokṣārthaṃ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye puṣyamāse ca sampūjya yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam

Translation

Buscando dharma, kāma, artha e mokṣa, e para a purificação completa de todos os pecados, quem no mês de Puṣya adorar (Śiva) com a devida reverência e assumir o voto de comer apenas à noite, alcança o mérito sagrado pretendido.

Word by Word

• dharma: righteousness/duty

• kāma: lawful desire

• artha: prosperity/purpose

• mokṣa-artham: for liberation

• sarva-pāpa: all sins

• viśuddhaye: for purification

• puṣya-māse: in the month named Puṣya

• ca: and

• sampūjya: having properly worshipped (especially with complete rites)

• yaḥ: whoever

• kuryāt: should do/undertake

• nakta-bhojanam: night-time meal only (naktavrata).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)