Shloka 87

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

Devanagari script

एकोनविंशतिदिने यो भुड्क्ते एकभोजनम्‌

Transliteration

ekonaviṁśatidine yo bhuṅkte ekabhojanam

Translation

పంతొమ్మిదవ రోజున ఎవడు ఒక్కసారే భోజనం చేయునో…

Word by Word

• एकोनविंशतिदिने: on the nineteenth day
• एकोनविंशतिदिने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकोनविंशति-दिन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• भुङ्क्ते: eats
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• एकभोजनम्: a single meal (once-eating)
• एकभोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse points to dharmic self-restraint: limiting oneself to a single meal on a specified day as part of a vrata, emphasizing discipline over indulgence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira in Anushasana Parva on religious-ethical observances (vratas). This line introduces a rule for an observance tied to the nineteenth day, with the fuller result or merit typically stated in the surrounding verses.