Shloka 1

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

अपना बछ। है २ २4 सप्तविशर्त्याधिेकशततमो< ध्याय: अग्नि

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | salilasya aghaṃ jaliṃ pūrṇam akṣatāś ca ghṛtottarāḥ | somasya uttiṣṭhamānasya taj jalaṃ cākṣatāṃś ca tān |

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—پُورنِما کی رات چاند کے طلوع کے وقت جو شخص چاند کی طرف رخ کر کے پانی سے بھری ہوئی ایک اَنجلی، اَکشَت اور گھی کے ساتھ نذر کرے، وہ گویا اگنی ہوترا کا فریضہ ادا کر چکا سمجھا جاتا ہے۔ اسی عمل سے گارھپتیہ وغیرہ تینوں مقدس آگیں بھی یوں مانی جاتی ہیں کہ انہیں باقاعدہ آہوتیاں پہنچ گئیں۔

Word by Word

• salilasya: of water
• salilasya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• agau: in/at the mountain
• agau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: aga
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• jalim: a handful/measure (jali)
• jalim: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: jali
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• pūrṇam: full
• pūrṇam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• akṣatāḥ: unbroken grains (rice)
• akṣatāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣata
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• ghṛta-uttarāḥ: topped/covered with ghee
• ghṛta-uttarāḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghṛta-uttara
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• somasya: of Soma / of the Moon
• somasya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• uttiṣṭhamānasya: of (him) rising
• uttiṣṭhamānasya: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-sthā
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• tat: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• akṣatān: unbroken grains (rice)
• akṣatān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣata
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• tān: those
• tān: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Soma (Moon)
• water (salila)
• ghee (ghṛta)
• akṣata (unbroken grains)
• Agnihotra
• three sacred fires (Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A simple but properly timed and reverent offering—water with akṣata and ghee to the rising Moon—can be treated as equivalent in merit to the formal Agnihotra, emphasizing intention, correctness of observance, and devotional sincerity within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma explains a dharma-ritual principle: at moonrise (notably on the full-moon observance in the surrounding explanation), one offers a full anjali of water with ghee and akṣata facing the Moon; this is said to complete the Agnihotra obligation and satisfy the three sacred fires.