Shloka 19
The Description of Mohinī’s Love Episode
न भुंजते माधववासरे जना न यांति शोषं भुविः निम्नगास्तु । संभुज्य माना नहि यांति संपदः संभोगयुक्तैरपि मानवैः क्षयम् ॥ १९ ॥
na bhuṃjate mādhavavāsare janā na yāṃti śoṣaṃ bhuviḥ nimnagāstu | saṃbhujya mānā nahi yāṃti saṃpadaḥ saṃbhogayuktairapi mānavaiḥ kṣayam || 19 ||
మాధవుని దినమున ప్రజలు భోజనం చేయకుంటే భూమి మరియు నదులు ఎండిపోవు. విధివిధానాలతో, గౌరవంతో అనుభవించిన సంపద భోగాసక్తులైన మనుష్యులకైనా క్షయమవదు।
Narada (teaching in the Uttara-bhāga vrata/tīrtha-mahātmya context)
Vrata: Mādhava-vāsara (day of Madhava)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It links Viṣṇu-vrata (abstaining from food on Mādhava’s sacred day) with cosmic harmony—preventing drought and sustaining prosperity—showing that dharmic restraint supports both nature and human welfare.
By presenting fasting on Mādhava’s day as an act of devotion that pleases Viṣṇu and yields protective grace, it frames bhakti not only as inner faith but as disciplined vrata-practice aligned with the Lord.
Kalpa (ritual discipline) is implied through the vrata rule of not eating on a prescribed sacred day, emphasizing correct observance and timing as a practical, tradition-based application of dharma.