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Shloka 3

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

निरुद्धिग्नस्तु यो दद्यान्मासमेकं गवाह्विकम्‌ | एकभक्तं तथाश्नीयाच्छुयतां तस्य यत्‌ फलम्‌

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

ఉద్వేగరహితుడై ఒక నెలపాటు ప్రతిదినం గోవుకు దాని ఆహారాన్ని సమర్పించి, తాను రోజుకు ఒక్కసారే భుజించువాడు—అటువంటి వానికి కలుగు ఫలాన్ని వినండి.

निरुद्धिग्नःfree from agitation/anxiety
निरुद्धिग्नः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरुद्धिग्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मासम्for a month / a month (duration)
मासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एकम्one
एकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गवाह्विकम्cow-offering/food for cows (a specified gift/oblation)
गवाह्विकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगवाह्विक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एकभक्तम्having a single meal (once-a-day regimen)
एकभक्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकभक्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अश्नीयात्should eat
अश्नीयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
श्रूयताम्let it be heard / hear (you all)
श्रूयताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

महेश्वर उवाच

M
Maheshvara (Śiva)
C
cow (go)

Educational Q&A

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.

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).