Shloka 5

Bhojana-vidhi and Nitya-karman: Directions for Eating, Prāṇa-Oblations, Sandhyā, and Conduct Leading to Apavarga

Devanagari script

महाव्यहृतिभिस्त्वन्नं परिधायोदकेन तु / अमृतोपस्तरणमसीत्यापोशानक्रियां चरेत्

Transliteration

mahāvyahṛtibhistvannaṃ paridhāyodakena tu / amṛtopastaraṇamasītyāpośānakriyāṃ caret

Translation

เมื่อสวดมหาวยาหฤติแล้วใช้น้ำล้อมอาหารให้เป็นมงคล จากนั้นทำพิธีอาโปศนะ โดยกล่าวว่า “ท่านคืออุปัสตรณะของอมฤต (ความไม่ตาย)”

Word by Word

• महाव्याहृतिभिः: with the great utterances (vyāhṛtis)
• महाव्याहृतिभिः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाव्याहृति (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + व्याहृति
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तु: indeed/and then
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/अनुक्रम (but/indeed)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिधाय: having placed/arranged
• परिधाय: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having placed/arranged’

• उदकेन: with water
• उदकेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• अमृतोपस्तरणम्: (it is) the covering/spread of nectar
• अमृतोपस्तरणम्: प्रेडिकेट/विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत-उपस्तरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अशनक्रियाम्: the eating-rite (āpośāna rite)
• अशनक्रियाम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशन-क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चरेत्: should perform
• चरेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Traditional narrator voice of the Purana (instructional dharma-vidhi passage; framed as authoritative teaching within the Kurma Purana)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Mahāvyāhṛti
• Āpośana
• Udaka (water)
• Anna (food)
• Amṛta

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: by treating food and water as sacred supports of life, the verse reflects the dharmic view that bodily sustenance should be aligned with higher reality—purified action (karma) becomes a means for inner clarity conducive to Self-knowledge.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

A discipline of ritual mindfulness: consecrating food with vyāhṛtis and performing āpośana trains attention, purity (śauca), and restraint—supportive foundations for Yoga (including Pāśupata-influenced purity and observance practices found across the Kurma Purana).

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Not by naming them explicitly, but through shared dharma-vidhi: the sanctification of daily acts is a common ground in Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis—purity, mantra, and offering-oriented living are upheld as universally valid in the Purana’s integrated theology.