Shloka 24

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

कालिकाश्रममासाद्य विपाशायां कृतोदक: । ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्त्रिसत्रं मुच्यते भवात्‌

Transliteration

Kālikāśramam āsādya Vipāśāyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ | Brahmacārī jitakrodhas trisatraṁ mucyate bhavāt ||

Translation

من بلغ أشرم كاليكا وأدّى على نهر ڤيباشا طقوس الماء المقرّرة، وكان عفيفًا ملتزمًا (براهمتشاريًا) قد قهر الغضب وأقام هناك ثلاث ليالٍ، أُطلق من دورة التكوّن الدنيوي—وتحرّر من قيد تكرار الميلاد والموت.

Word by Word

• कालिकाश्रमम्: the Kālikā-āśrama (hermitage)
• कालिकाश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिकाश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• विपाशायाम्: in/at the Vipāśā (river)
• विपाशायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपाशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कृतोदकः: one who has performed the water-rite (bath/ablution)
• कृतोदकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतोदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate/student observing brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिसत्रम्: a three-night period (three nights)
• त्रिसत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मुच्यते: is released / becomes free
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular

• भवात्: from worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• भवात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya (speaker)
• Kālikāśrama
• Vipāśā River

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred places yield their highest fruit when approached with inner discipline: performing proper rites, maintaining brahmacarya, and conquering anger. The verse links external pilgrimage with ethical self-mastery as the condition for liberation from saṃsāra (bhava).

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes a tīrtha-observance: one goes to the Kālikā hermitage, performs water-rites at the Vipāśā River (including ancestral offerings), and lives there for three nights while practicing celibacy and angerlessness; such a person is said to attain release from worldly bondage.