Shloka 104

Devanagari script

यथाशक्ति चरूं तत्र निवेद्य भरतर्षभ । सर्वकामसमृद्धस्य यज्ञस्य लभते फलम्‌,वहाँ त्रिशूलपाणि भगवान्‌ शिवका स्थान है, जिसकी तीनों लोकोंमें प्रसिद्धि है। देविकामें स्नान करके भगवान्‌ महेश्वरका पूजन और उन्हें यथाशक्ति चरु निवेदन करके सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंसे समृद्ध यज्ञके फलकी प्राप्ति होती है

Transliteration

yathāśakti carūṃ tatra nivedya bharatarṣabha | sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya labhate phalam ||

Translation

婆罗多族之雄牛啊，若有人在彼处量力奉献祭食“车噜”(caru)，便可获得圆满祭祀之果报，诸愿悉皆成就，福德丰盈。

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

शक्तिability, capacity

चरुम्sacrificial porridge/oblation (caru)

तत्रthere

निवेद्यhaving offered/presented

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

सर्वकामसमृद्धस्यof (a sacrifice) enriched with all desired objects/fulfilments

यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice

लभतेobtains, attains

फलम्fruit, result

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghūlastya

Bharatarṣabha (address to a Bharata prince, likely Yudhiṣṭhira in context)

Śiva (Triśūlapāṇi, Maheśvara)

Triśūla (trident)

Devikā (river/holy bathing place, per the accompanying prose)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Religious merit is accessible through sincere devotion and offerings made within one’s means (yathāśakti). The text emphasizes intention and capacity over extravagance, promising the fruit of a fully prosperous yajña to one who worships and offers properly at the sacred site.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (Ghūlastya) describes the efficacy of a holy place associated with Śiva. He instructs that bathing (as indicated in the prose context) and worshipping Śiva, then offering a caru according to one’s ability, grants the merit equivalent to a richly fulfilled sacrifice.