Shloka 64
Glory of Nīla Mountain and the Prelude to King Ratnagrīva’s Legend
सर्वतीर्थावगाहेन कृतपुण्यात्मनोऽमलाः । यथावच्छृण्वते मह्यं श्रद्दधानाय विस्तरात्
sarvatīrthāvagāhena kṛtapuṇyātmano'malāḥ | yathāvacchṛṇvate mahyaṃ śraddadhānāya vistarāt
«يا من لا دنسَ فيكم، وقد صارت نفوسكم ذاتَ بركةٍ بفضل الاغتسال في جميع التيرثات، أصغوا إليّ على الوجه الصحيح. ولمن كان ذا إيمانٍ أشرح ذلك بتفصيل».
Unspecified narrator/speaker (context needed to identify the dialogue pair precisely)
Concept: Śraddhā (faith) and proper listening are themselves purifying, akin to bathing in tīrthas.
Application: Cultivate attentive listening to dharma teachings; treat daily study/recitation as a ‘mental snāna’ that cleanses reactive habits.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: tirtha
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A teacher-figure gestures toward a scroll or palm-leaf manuscript while a small assembly sits in attentive silence, hands folded. Behind them, a symbolic panorama shows multiple tīrthas—river confluences, ghats, and temple spires—blended into one luminous horizon, suggesting ‘all sacred fords’ gathered into a single vision.","primary_figures":["narrator/teacher","attentive listeners (sādhus or royal attendants)"],"setting":"Riverside teaching pavilion with a view that morphs into a montage of tīrtha landscapes; manuscripts, water pot, and incense present.","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["sunrise gold","conch white","turquoise water","sandalwood beige","deep maroon"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a seated guru-like narrator holding palm-leaf text, listeners in orderly rows, a stylized background of multiple ghats and temple towers fused together, heavy gold leaf on halos and temple finials, rich reds/greens, ornate lotus border framing the ‘sarva-tīrtha’ panorama.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: refined figures listening with gentle expressions, a cool river landscape with distant shrines, subtle montage of confluences and ghats, delicate brushwork on foliage and water ripples, soft pastel sky and lyrical spacing.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: narrator with emphatic hand gesture, listeners with large eyes and calm faces, a banded background showing repeating ghat-temple motifs, strong outlines, warm red/yellow ground with green-blue water patterns, temple-wall symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central teaching scene framed by intricate floral borders, repeated lotus and conch motifs, background filled with miniature tīrtha icons (ghats, kalashas, shikharas), deep indigo field with gold highlights, peacocks and vines emphasizing auspicious listening."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["soft tanpura drone","flowing water","incense crackle","brief bell at transitions","silence between phrases"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तीर्थावगाहेन = तीर्थ + अवगाहेन; पुण्यात्मनोऽमलाः = पुण्यात्मनः + अमलाः (विसर्ग-लोप/ऽ); यथावच्छृण्वते = यथावत् + शृण्वते (त् + श् → च्छ्)
FAQs
It treats tīrtha-immersion as a purifier that makes one “spotless” and “meritorious,” preparing the listener to receive teaching properly.
The verse frames the teaching as something that bears fruit when heard attentively and with trust, highlighting śravaṇa supported by śraddhā.
Approach sacred instruction with inner purity, careful attention (“yathāvat”), and receptivity, and be willing to hear a full, detailed exposition (“vistarāt”).