Shloka 17

Nakṣatra-yoga-anusāreṇa Dāna-vidhiḥ

Gifts prescribed according to lunar mansions and yogas

Devanagari script

तृतीयं सवन ते वै वैश्वदेवं युधिछिर

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ savana te vai vaiśvadevaṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“噢，坚战啊，你每日第三次的仪式，确是毗湿婆提婆（Vaiśvadeva）之供献。”

Word by Word

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सवनम्: pressing/oblation-time (soma-pressing); sacrificial session
• सवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• वैश्वदेवम्: belonging to all the gods; Vaiśvadeva (rite/portion)
• वैश्वदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैश्वदेव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vaiśvadeva (rite/oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma highlights Vaiśvadeva as a key daily duty: a disciplined practice of offering and sharing that extends one’s responsibility beyond oneself, aligning household life with dharma through gratitude, hospitality, and care for all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct, he enumerates prescribed daily observances and identifies the third as the Vaiśvadeva rite, situating ritual practice within ethical living.