Shloka 3

Adhyāya 138: Vāyu’s Exempla on Brāhmaṇa-Prabhāva and a Cosmological Clarification

Devanagari script

निरुद्धिग्नस्तु यो दद्यान्मासमेकं गवाह्विकम्‌ | एकभक्तं तथाश्नीयाच्छुयतां तस्य यत्‌ फलम्‌

Transliteration

niruddhignas tu yo dadyān māsam ekaṁ gavāhvikam | ekabhaktaṁ tathāśnīyāc chruyatāṁ tasya yat phalam |

Translation

Махешвара сказал: «Внемлите, какова награда тому, кто, не зная смятения и тревоги, в течение полного месяца ежедневно даёт корове её дневной удел — пищу и содержание, — а сам ест лишь раз в день. Слушайте о плоде такого дисциплинированного дара и самообуздания».

Word by Word

• निरुद्धिग्नः: free from agitation/anxiety
• निरुद्धिग्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुद्धिग्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मासम्: for a month / a month (duration)
• मासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गवाह्विकम्: cow-offering/food for cows (a specified gift/oblation)
• गवाह्विकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवाह्विक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एकभक्तम्: having a single meal (once-a-day regimen)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकभक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अश्नीयात्: should eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard / hear (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which/that (what)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

महेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maheshvara (Śiva)
• cow (go)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that calm-minded charity (supporting/feeding a cow daily) combined with personal restraint (eating once a day) is a dharmic discipline whose merit yields a specific spiritual reward, to be described in the following lines.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara is instructing the listener about a particular vow-like practice: for one month the practitioner provides daily sustenance connected with a cow and maintains an ekabhakta regimen; Maheshvara then invites the audience to hear the resulting ‘fruit’ (karmic/spiritual outcome).