Shloka 14

Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method

Devanagari script

शिरोदेशे ललाटे च नासिकायां हृदि भ्रुवोः । बाह्वोः पार्श्वे तथा नाभौ जान्वोरङ्घ्रिद्वये तथा

Transliteration

śirodeśe lalāṭe ca nāsikāyāṃ hṛdi bhruvoḥ | bāhvoḥ pārśve tathā nābhau jānvoraṅghridvaye tathā

Translation

ที่บริเวณศีรษะ ที่หน้าผาก ที่จมูก ที่ดวงหทัย และระหว่างคิ้ว; ที่แขนทั้งสอง ที่สีข้าง ทั้งที่สะดือ ที่เข่าทั้งสอง และที่เท้าทั้งสองด้วย

Word by Word

• शिरोदेशे: on the head-region
• शिरोदेशे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—शिरसः देशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ललाटे: on the forehead
• ललाटे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

• नासिकायाम्: on the nose
• नासिकायाम्: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• हृदि: in/on the heart
• हृदि: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (हृद्-शब्दस्य विशेषरूपम्)

• भ्रुवोः: on the two eyebrows
• भ्रुवोः: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Locative), द्विवचन; अत्र स्थानवाचकत्वात् सप्तमी-द्विवचनार्थे (on the two eyebrows)

• बाह्वोः: on the two arms
• बाह्वोः: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Locative), द्विवचन; अत्र स्थानवाचकत्वात् सप्तमी-द्विवचनार्थे (on the two arms)

• पार्श्वे: on the side
• पार्श्वे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यत्वार्थक (adverb: likewise/also)

• नाभौ: on the navel
• नाभौ: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• जान्वोः: on the two knees
• जान्वोः: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Locative), द्विवचन; अत्र स्थानवाचकत्वात् सप्तमी-द्विवचनार्थे (on the two knees)

• अङ्घ्रिद्वये: on the pair of feet
• अङ्घ्रिद्वये: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—द्वौ अङ्घ्री (द्विगु)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (likewise)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: जान्वोरङ्घ्रिद्वये = जान्वोः + अङ्घ्रिद्वये (ः + अ → र्).

FAQs

What practice does this verse most likely describe?

It reads like a list of bodily locations used in nyāsa (ritual placement/touching of mantras on specific body parts) as part of worship or mantra practice.

Why are specific body parts listed in such verses?

Such lists function as an instruction map for ritual sequence—guiding where a practitioner should place or contemplate mantra-energy, often to sacralize the body as a seat of worship.

Does this verse mention any deity or tirtha explicitly?

No. In this shloka, only anatomical locations are enumerated; deity/tīrtha identification would require the surrounding context.