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Shloka 114

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

सदा द्वादशमासांस्तु जुह्मानो जातवेदसम्‌ | फल प्राप्रोति विपुलं देवलोके च पूज्यते

sadā dvādaśa-māsāṁs tu juhmāno jātavedasam | phalaṁ prāpnoti vipulaṁ devaloke ca pūjyate ||

Wika ni Bhishma: Ang sinumang sa loob ng buong labindalawang buwan ay patuloy na naghahandog ng mga alay sa banal na apoy—si Jataveda (Agni)—at sa mahigpit na pagpipigil ay kumakain lamang nang isang beses sa bawat ika-dalawampu’t pitong araw, ay nagkakamit ng saganang bunga ng kabutihan at pinararangalan sa daigdig ng mga diyos. Pinupuri rito ang disiplina ng pagsamba ayon sa Veda na sinasabayan ng pag-aayuno at pagpipigil bilang daan sa pag-angat at paggalang sa langit.

सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
द्वादशtwelve
द्वादश:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादश
FormGender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural
मासान्months
मासान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास
FormGender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: plural
तुindeed/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
जुह्वानःoffering (into fire), performing oblations
जुह्वानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु) → जुह्वान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
FormTense/Aspect: present participle (parasmaipada); Gender: masculine; Case: nominative; Number: singular
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस्
FormGender: masculine; Case: accusative; Number: singular
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormGender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular
प्राप्नोतिattains/obtains
प्राप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप्
FormTense: present; Person: 3rd; Number: singular
विपुलम्abundant/great
विपुलम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविपुल
FormGender: neuter; Case: accusative; Number: singular
देवलोकेin the world of the gods (heaven)
देवलोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवलोक
FormGender: masculine; Case: locative; Number: singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पूज्यतेis honored/worshipped
पूज्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपूज्
FormVoice: passive; Tense: present; Person: 3rd; Number: singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
A
Agni (Jātavedas)
D
Devaloka

Educational Q&A

Sustained Vedic worship (offering into Agni) combined with rigorous self-discipline and fasting is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that yields great spiritual merit and leads to honor in devaloka.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and religious observances, he describes the reward for a practitioner who maintains agnihotra-like offerings for a year while eating only once every twenty-seventh day, emphasizing the exalted result of such austerity.