Shloka 39

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

मण्डूकयोगशयनो यथान्यायं यथाविधि । दीक्षां चरति धर्मात्मा स नागै: सह मोदते

Transliteration

maṇḍūkayogaśayano yathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi | dīkṣāṃ carati dharmātmā sa nāgaiḥ saha modate ||

Translation

Maheśvara phán: “Người chính trực, theo đúng phép tắc và nghi thức đã định, nằm theo tư thế Haṭhayoga gọi là ‘Maṇḍūka-yoga’ và thọ dīkṣā (lễ thụ giới hiến tế) một cách trang nghiêm, sẽ đến cõi Nāga và hoan lạc nơi ấy cùng các Nāga.”

Word by Word

• मण्डूकयोगशयनः: one whose lying-down/sleep is in the (so-called) maṇḍūka-yoga posture
• मण्डूकयोगशयनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डूकयोगशयन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न्यायम्: rule, proper procedure, propriety
• न्यायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: prescribed rite, injunction, rule
• विधि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दीक्षाम्: consecration, initiation (ritual vow)
• दीक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चरति: practises, observes, undertakes
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मात्मा: a righteous-souled man
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नागैः: with the Nāgas (serpent-beings)
• नागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• मोदते: rejoices, enjoys
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī-Maheśvara (speaker)
• Nāgas
• Nāga-loka (realm of the Nāgas)
• Maṇḍūka-yoga
• Dīkṣā (sacrificial consecration)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharmic results arise from disciplined observance: when a person follows prescribed rules (nyāya, vidhi) in bodily restraint (Maṇḍūka-yoga posture) and ritual consecration (dīkṣā), the tradition associates this with a specific meritorious reward—joy in the Nāga realm—illustrating karmic correspondence between methodical practice and its fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara states a consequence of a particular vow-like regimen: a righteous practitioner who sleeps/abides in the Maṇḍūka-yoga manner and properly undertakes sacrificial dīkṣā is said to attain the Nāga-world and enjoy there with the Nāgas, as part of a broader Anuśāsana-Parva discourse on vows, disciplines, and their rewards.