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Shloka 13

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

द्वितीये दिवसे यस्तु प्राश्नीयादेकभोजनम्‌ | सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌

dvitīye divase yas tu prāśnīyād ekabhojanam | sadā dvādaśamāsāṁs tu juhmāno jātavedasam |

రెండవ రోజున ఒక్కసారి మాత్రమే భోజనం చేసి, పన్నెండు నెలలపాటు నిరంతరం జాతవేదసైన అగ్నిలో ఆహుతులు సమర్పించేవాడు—అటువంటి నియమసంయమం, స్థిరారాధన ధర్మ్య వ్రతంగా ప్రశంసింపబడుతుంది.

द्वितीयेon the second
द्वितीये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
दिवसेday
दिवसे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिवस
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
प्राश्नीयात्should eat
प्राश्नीयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अश्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
एकभोजनम्a single meal
एकभोजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootएकभोजन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
द्वादशtwelve
द्वादश:
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootद्वादश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
मासान्months
मासान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तुindeed/and
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
जुह्मानःoffering (into fire), sacrificing
जुह्मानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु
FormPresent active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (Proper/Deity epithet)
Rootजातवेदस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
Agni (Jātavedas)

Educational Q&A

The verse commends disciplined restraint (eating only once on the specified day) combined with sustained ritual devotion (regular homa to Agni for a year), presenting self-control and steady worship as a dharmic path of purification and merit.

Bhīṣma continues instructing on vows and religious observances, describing a specific regimen: on the second day one should eat only once, and one should maintain offerings to Agni (Jātavedas) for twelve months as part of a sustained vrata.