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Shloka 4

अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving

Devanagari script

तथैव पौषमासे तु पूज्यो नारायणेति च । वाजपेयमवाप्रोति सिद्धि च परमां व्रजेत्‌

Transliteration

tathaiva pauṣamāse tu pūjyo nārāyaṇeti ca | vājapeyam avāpnoti siddhiṁ ca paramāṁ vrajet ||

Translation

同样，在普沙月（Pauṣa）的第十二日（Dvādaśī），应以斋戒之律敬拜那罗延（Nārāyaṇa）。行此誓戒者，得与婆阇佩耶祭（Vājapeya）同等之功德，并臻至最高成就。

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

पौष-मासेin the month of Pauṣa

तुbut/and (emphatic)

पूज्यःto be worshipped, worthy of worship

नारायणःNārāyaṇa

इतिthus (quotative)

चand

वाजपेयम्Vājapeya (sacrifice/rite)

अवाप्नोतिobtains, attains

सिद्धिम्success, accomplishment

चand

परमाम्supreme, highest

व्रजेत्would go/attain, may reach

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Nārāyaṇa

Pauṣa (month)

Dvādaśī (12th lunar day, implied by context)

Vājapeya (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That disciplined devotion—specifically worship of Nārāyaṇa in Pauṣa with a Dvādaśī fast—can confer merit comparable to an elaborate Vedic sacrifice (Vājapeya) and lead toward the highest spiritual accomplishment (paramā siddhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he continues prescribing sacred observances and their fruits, here recommending a Pauṣa-month worship of Nārāyaṇa (with fasting on Dvādaśī) and stating the exalted reward associated with it.