Shloka 19
Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय
Devanagari script
अब्बिन्दुं यः कुशाग्रेण मासि मासि समश्नुते न्यायतो यश्चरेद्भैक्ष्यं पूर्वोक्तात्स विशिष्यते
Transliteration
abbinduṃ yaḥ kuśāgreṇa māsi māsi samaśnute nyāyato yaścaredbhaikṣyaṃ pūrvoktātsa viśiṣyate
Translation
यः कुशाग्रेण मासि मासि जलस्यैव बिन्दुमात्रं समश्नुते, यश्च न्यायतो भैक्ष्यं चरति—स पूर्वोक्तात् साधकात् विशिष्यते।
Word by Word
abbinduma drop of water
abbindum:
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
kuśāgreṇawith/from the tip of kuśa grass
kuśāgreṇa:
māsi māsimonth after month
māsi māsi:
samaśnuteeats/partakes (subsists on)
samaśnute:
nyāyataḥby justice, rightly, lawfully
nyāyataḥ:
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
caretwould practice/undertake
caret:
bhaikṣyamalms-living, mendicancy
bhaikṣyam:
pūrvoktātthan the one mentioned earlier
pūrvoktāt:
saḥhe
saḥ:
viśiṣyateis distinguished/excels/is superior
viśiṣyate:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the vrata-discipline as received in the Purana tradition)