Shloka : 211

विक्रमार्कशकस्याब्दे नेत्राष्टवसुभूमिते ।

वसन्ताद्यदिने शिक्षापत्रीयं लिखिता शुभा ॥ 211 ॥

સંવત 1882 (અઢારસો બ્યાસી)ના મહા સુદિ પંચમીને દિવસે આ શિક્ષાપત્રી અમે લખી છે; તે પરમ કલ્યાણકારી છે. ॥ 211 ॥

I have written this Shikshapatri on fifth day of the first half of the month Maha, Samvat 1882 i.e. Maha Sud Panchami, Samvat 1882; which is omnibenefical. || 211 ||

Commentary

'Vikramaditya' means a king named Vikram who was as brilliant as sun and who ruled for an era; his ‘Shak’ means time scale started with his rule. The year according to this time scale which has been respresented by 'Netra' = two, 'Ashta' = eight, 'Vasu' = eight and 'Bhu' = one, here the sequence of numbers is from right to left; In this year, during the time of ‘Vasantotsav’, i.e. festival of spring, which starts on the day of Vasant Panchami, but not on the first day of ‘Vasant Ritu’ i.e. spring. That means, Shri Hari has written this Shikshapatri which is omnibenefical on Maha Sud Panchami, Samvat 1882 i.e. 12th February 1826 A.D., Sunday.