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Procedure for the Vow that Cultivates Valor
Durgā Navamī Observance
एवं संवत्सरं यावदुपोष्येति विधानतः । व्रतान्ते भोजयेद्धीमान् यथाशक्त्या कुमारिकाः ॥ ६४.४ ॥
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yāvad upoṣyeti vidhānataḥ | vratānte bhojayed dhīmān yathāśaktyā kumārikāḥ || 64.4 ||
Như vậy, hãy trai giới suốt một năm theo đúng nghi thức đã định. Khi mãn giới lễ, người trí nên thết đãi các thiếu nữ chưa lập gia đình (kumārī) tùy theo khả năng của mình.
Varāha
It reflects a Purāṇic pattern in which personal austerity (upavāsa/vrata) is ritually completed through a socially oriented act—feeding others—indicating the integration of ascetic discipline with household ethics in medieval Sanskrit dharma literature.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; it is a general procedural instruction for concluding a vow.
The verse emphasizes that disciplined observance should culminate in compassionate giving: one should provide food to others—here specified as kumārikās—within one’s means (yathāśaktyā), underscoring proportional responsibility rather than excess.
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