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Shloka 16

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

एकरात्रान्तराशित्वमेककालिक भोजनम्‌ । चतुर्थाष्टमकालश्नल पषछ्ठकालिक एव च,कभी एक रातका अन्तर देकर भोजन करता है, कभी दिन-रातमें एक बार अन्न ग्रहण करता है और कभी दिनके चौथे, छठे या आठवें पहरमें भोजन करता है

ekarātrāntarāśitvam ekakālikabhojanam | caturthāṣṭamakālaśnala ṣaṣṭhakālika eva ca ||

วสิษฐะกล่าวว่า “เขาฝึกวินัยแห่งอาหารอย่างเคร่งครัด—บางคราวกินเว้นหนึ่งคืน บางคราวกินเพียงครั้งเดียวตลอดวันและคืน และบางคราวกินตามยามที่กำหนด เช่น ยามที่สี่ ที่หก หรือที่แปด. ความสำรวมอันพอเหมาะนี้เป็นส่วนแห่งการฝึกตน.”

एकone
एक:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रात्रnight
रात्र:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अन्तरinterval, gap
अन्तर:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आशित्वम्the state/practice of eating
आशित्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआशित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एकone
एक:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कालिकoccurring at a time (once-at-a-time)
कालिक:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकालिक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भोजनम्meal, eating
भोजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चतुर्थin the fourth (watch/period)
चतुर्थ:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अष्टमin the eighth (watch/period)
अष्टम:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कालtime, watch/period
काल:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अश्नन्eating
अश्नन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent (Shatru participial usage), —, Singular
षष्ठin the sixth (watch/period)
षष्ठ:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कालिकtimed/at a particular time
कालिक:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकालिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights tapas through disciplined eating: regulating when one eats (after an interval, once per day-night, or at specific watches) as a practical method for cultivating self-mastery and ethical steadiness.

Vasiṣṭha is describing forms of ascetic dietary observance—different schedules of taking food—within a broader instruction on disciplined conduct and restraint.