Shloka 3

अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving

Devanagari script

द्वादश्यां मार्गशीर्षे तु अहोरात्रेण केशवम्‌ । अर्च्याश्वमेधं प्राप्रोति दुष्कृतं चास्य नश्यति,मार्गशीर्षमासमें द्वादशी तिथिको दिन-रात उपवास करके भगवान्‌ केशवकी पूजा-अर्चा करनेसे मनुष्य अश्वमेध यज्ञका फल पा लेता है और उसका सारा पाप नष्ट हो जाता है

Transliteration

dvādaśyāṁ mārgaśīrṣe tu ahorātreṇa keśavam | arcyāśvamedhaṁ prāpnoti duṣkṛtaṁ cāsya naśyati ||

Translation

Sa ika-labindalawang araw (Dvādaśī) ng buwang Mārgaśīrṣa, kung ang tao’y mag-ayuno nang buong araw at buong gabi at sumamba kay Keśava, matatamo niya ang kabutihang-katumbas ng handog na Aśvamedha, at mapapawi ang lahat ng kanyang masasamang gawa.

Word by Word

• द्वादश्याम्: on the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मार्गशीर्षे: in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa
• मार्गशीर्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गशीर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: indeed/and/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अहोरात्रेण: by (observing) a day-and-night (fast); for a full day and night
• अहोरात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• केशवम्: Keśava (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• केशवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्च्य: having worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप् (ya), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• अश्वमेधम्: the Aśvamedha (sacrifice) / (its) merit
• अश्वमेधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुष्कृतम्: sin/evil deed
• दुष्कृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him/of this person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Keśava (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Mārgaśīrṣa (month)
• Dvādaśī (tithi)
• Aśvamedha (sacrifice)