Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

चैत्रे ऽपि रुद्रमभ्यर्च्य कुर्याद्वै नक्तभोजनम् शाल्यन्नं पयसा युक्तं घृतेन च यथासुखम्

Transliteration

caitre 'pi rudramabhyarcya kuryādvai naktabhojanam śālyannaṃ payasā yuktaṃ ghṛtena ca yathāsukham

Translation

Também no mês de Caitra, após venerar devidamente Rudra, deve-se observar a disciplina de comer apenas à noite. Pode-se tomar arroz cozido do grão śāli, misturado com leite e, conforme seja agradável, com ghee.

Word by Word

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra

• अपि: also

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Śiva as Pati)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped (with reverence)

• कुर्यात्: should do/observe

• वै: indeed

• नक्त-भोजनम्: night-eating (taking food only at night)

• शाल्यन्नम्: rice-food made of śāli rice

• पयसा: with milk

• युक्तम्: joined/mixed

• घृतेन: with ghee

• च: and

• यथा-सुखम्: as one’s comfort/liking permits

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating vrata-vidhi to the sages of Naimisharanya)