Shloka 3

Adhyāya 138: Vāyu’s Exempla on Brāhmaṇa-Prabhāva and a Cosmological Clarification

Devanagari script

निरुद्धिग्नस्तु यो दद्यान्मासमेकं गवाह्विकम्‌ | एकभक्तं तथाश्नीयाच्छुयतां तस्य यत्‌ फलम्‌

Transliteration

niruddhignas tu yo dadyān māsam ekaṁ gavāhvikam | ekabhaktaṁ tathāśnīyāc chruyatāṁ tasya yat phalam |

Translation

Maheshvara nói: “Hãy nghe phần thưởng dành cho người, không xao động ưu phiền, suốt trọn một tháng mỗi ngày đều cấp phần nuôi dưỡng cho bò, còn tự mình chỉ ăn một bữa mỗi ngày. Hãy lắng nghe quả báo mà sự bố thí có kỷ luật và sự tiết chế ấy đem lại.”

Word by Word

• निरुद्धिग्नः: free from agitation/anxiety
• निरुद्धिग्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुद्धिग्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मासम्: for a month / a month (duration)
• मासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गवाह्विकम्: cow-offering/food for cows (a specified gift/oblation)
• गवाह्विकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवाह्विक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एकभक्तम्: having a single meal (once-a-day regimen)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकभक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अश्नीयात्: should eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard / hear (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which/that (what)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

Speaker

महेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maheshvara (Śiva)
• cow (go)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that calm-minded charity (supporting/feeding a cow daily) combined with personal restraint (eating once a day) is a dharmic discipline whose merit yields a specific spiritual reward, to be described in the following lines.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara is instructing the listener about a particular vow-like practice: for one month the practitioner provides daily sustenance connected with a cow and maintains an ekabhakta regimen; Maheshvara then invites the audience to hear the resulting ‘fruit’ (karmic/spiritual outcome).