Shloka 113
Vrata–Dāna Compendium at Puṣkara: Puṣpavāhana’s Account and the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata Purification Rite
सप्तम्यां नक्तभुग्दद्यात्समाप्ते गां पयस्विनीं । सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति भानुव्रतमिदं स्मृतम्
saptamyāṃ naktabhugdadyātsamāpte gāṃ payasvinīṃ | sūryalokamavāpnoti bhānuvratamidaṃ smṛtam
سَپتمی کے دن نکت بھوجی رہے، یعنی صرف رات کو کھانا کھائے؛ اور ورت کی تکمیل پر دودھ دینے والی گائے دان کرے۔ اس سے سورَی لوک حاصل ہوتا ہے۔ یہ ‘بھانو ورت’ کے نام سے معروف ہے۔
Not specified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Adhyaya 20 framing dialogue).
Concept: Temporal discipline (tithi + nakta) combined with life-sustaining charity (milk-giving cow) yields a solar, merit-based ascent.
Application: Practice periodic restraint—eat mindfully and reduce indulgence; pair self-discipline with tangible support to others (food, education, care).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: नक्तभुग्दद्यात् = नक्त-भुक् + दद्यात्; सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति = सूर्य-लोकम् + अवाप्नोति; भानुव्रतमिदं = भानु-व्रतम् + इदम्
FAQs
It prescribes eating only at night on Saptamī (the seventh lunar day) and, at the conclusion of the observance, donating a milk-yielding cow.
It states that the practitioner attains Sūrya-loka, the realm/world of the Sun deity (Sūrya/Bhānu).
The verse links personal austerity (regulated eating) with generosity (go-dāna), presenting religious practice as incomplete without charitable giving.