Shloka 25

Tilā-Dāna, Dīpa-Dāna, and Nitya-Jalapradāna

Yama–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda) | तिलदान-दीपदान-नित्यजलप्रदान (यम-ब्राह्मण संवाद

Devanagari script

अथ पूर्वास्वषाढासु दधिपात्राण्युपोषित: । कुलवृत्तोपसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे

Transliteration

atha pūrvāṣāḍhāsu dadhipātrāṇy upoṣitaḥ | kulavṛttopasampanne brāhmaṇe vedapārage

Translation

Nārada nói: “Rồi vào ngày sao Pūrvāṣāḍhā, sau khi giữ trai giới và chuẩn bị những bình đựng sữa chua, người ấy đến gần một vị Bà-la-môn đầy đủ nề nếp gia phong và truyền thống dòng tộc, lại tinh thông các Veda.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पूर्वासु: in the earlier (ones)
• पूर्वासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• आषाढासु: in (the nakshatra) Āṣāḍhās
• आषाढासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• दधि: curd/yogurt
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• पात्राणि: vessels/bowls
• पात्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपोषितः: having fasted / having observed a fast
• उपोषितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• कुलवृत्तोपसम्पन्ने: in/with a (person) endowed with good family conduct
• कुलवृत्तोपसम्पन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल-वृत्त-उपसम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणे: in/with a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वेदपारगे: in/with one who has mastered the Veda
• वेदपारगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-पारग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pūrvāṣāḍhā (nakṣatra)
• curd (dadhi)
• vessels (pātra)
• a Brāhmaṇa learned in the Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline: observing a fast and directing offerings toward a worthy recipient—one grounded in good conduct and Vedic learning—so that religious acts are guided by purity of practice and discernment in choosing the proper person.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a sequence of ritual action: at the auspicious time associated with the Pūrvāṣāḍhā nakṣatra, a person fasts and prepares vessels of curd, then goes to a Brāhmaṇa renowned for exemplary family conduct and mastery of the Vedas, presumably to perform a prescribed offering or charitable rite.