Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

अग्निकार्यपरो नित्यं नित्यं कल्यप्रबोधन: । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फल प्राप्रोति मानव:

Transliteration

agnikāryaparo nityaṁ nityaṁ kalyaprabodhanaḥ | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: Ang taong laging nakatuon sa mga banal na tungkuling may kaugnayan sa apoy, at palagiang bumabangon sa tamang oras—nakakamit niya ang bunga ng sakripisyong Agniṣṭoma.

Word by Word

• अग्निकार्यपरः: devoted to the fire-ritual duties
• अग्निकार्यपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निकार्यपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• कल्यप्रबोधनः: one who awakens at the proper time (early-riser)
• कल्यप्रबोधनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्यप्रबोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निष्टोमस्य: of the Agniṣṭoma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मानवः: a man/human
• मानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Agni (sacred fire)
• Agniṣṭoma (Vedic sacrifice)