पुण्यकालनिर्देशःThe holy times
Verse 96
मासवत्सरपक्षाणामारम्भदिनमम्बिके । चतुर्दश्यष्टमी शुक्ला तथैवैकादशी कुहूः ॥ ९६ ॥
māsavatsarapakṣāṇāmārambhadinamambikē | caturdaśyaṣṭamī śuklā tathaivaikādaśī kuhūḥ || 96 ||
Translation
The first day of the month, the year and the fortnight, Ambikā, the fourteenth, the eighth, the eleventh of the bright half, and kuhū,
Word by word
- māsa
- of the month
- vatsara
- the year
- pakṣāṇām
- (pakṣāṇām) and the fortnight
- ārambha
- first
- dinam
- (dinam) the day
- ambikē
- O Ambikā
- caturdaśī
- (caturdaśī) the fourteenth
- aṣṭamī
- the eighth
- śuklā
- of the bright half
- tathā
- and
- ēva
- also
- ēkādaśī
- the eleventh
- kuhūḥ
- kuhū, the new moon
Meaning
The holy times begin: the opening day of each month, year and lunar fortnight; the fourteenth and eighth lunar days; the eleventh of the bright fortnight (ekādaśī); and "kuhū", which the commentary explains as the new moon on which the last sliver of the moon has vanished. The commentary reads verses 96 to 99 together.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives, in order, the holy times and the holy places needed for the rites of japa and of giving, in the verses beginning "māsa…". Kuhūḥ: the new moon (amāvāsyā) on which the last digit of the moon has vanished. (This explanation covers verses 96 to 99.)