Shloka 119

Agastya Arghya Rite and the Gaurī & Sārasvata Vows

with Origin Narratives and Merit Statements

Devanagari script

प्रीयतामत्र कुमुदा गृह्णीयाल्लवणव्रतम् । अनेन विधिना देवीं मासिमासि सदार्चयेत्

Transliteration

prīyatāmatra kumudā gṛhṇīyāllavaṇavratam | anena vidhinā devīṃ māsimāsi sadārcayet

Translation

ขอให้เทวีคุมุทาโปรดปราน ณ ที่นี้; พึงรับปฏิบัติ “วรตะงดเกลือ” และด้วยวิธีนี้เอง พึงบูชาเทวีอย่างไม่ขาดตก เดือนแล้วเดือนเล่า

Word by Word

• प्रीयताम्: may (she) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘let (her) be pleased’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• कुमुदा: Kumudā (the goddess)
• कुमुदा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; देवी-नाम (proper noun)

• गृह्णीयात्: should accept
• गृह्णीयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should accept/take’

• लवण-व्रतम्: the salt-vow (observance)
• लवण-व्रतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (लवणस्य व्रतम् = salt-vow)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘by/with this’

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘by the method/rite’

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• मासि-मासि: every month
• मासि-मासि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (पुनरुक्त-समास/अव्ययीभावार्थ); अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः = ‘month after month / every month’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक (always)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/instructor (context not provided to identify the dialogue pair)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: गृह्णीयाल्लवणव्रतम् = गृह्णीयात् लवणव्रतम् (त् + ल् → ल्ल्); सदार्चयेत् = सदा अर्चयेत् (स्वर-सन्धि)।

Characters & Entities

• Kumudā
• Devī

FAQs

What practice does this verse prescribe?

It prescribes undertaking the lavaṇa-vrata (salt-related vow/observance) and worshipping the Goddess regularly every month according to the stated procedure.

Who is “Kumudā” in this verse?

Kumudā is presented as a name or epithet of the Devī (Goddess) being propitiated; the verse treats her as the recipient of the vow and worship.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is emphasized here?

The verse stresses disciplined regularity—steadfast monthly observance and worship—as a means of pleasing the Goddess.