Shloka 36
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
विना मंत्रेण यत्स्नानं सर्वं तन्निष्फलं भवेत् । अमृतात्स्वादुतामेति संस्पर्शाच्च तिलस्य च
vinā maṃtreṇa yatsnānaṃ sarvaṃ tanniṣphalaṃ bhavet | amṛtātsvādutāmeti saṃsparśācca tilasya ca
كلُّ اغتسالٍ يُؤدَّى بلا مانترا يصير عديمَ الثمرة كلِّيًا. غير أنّه بمجرّد ملامسة السِّمسم (تِلا) يكتسب حلاوةً كأنه أمْرِتَا، رحيق الخلود.
Unspecified (narrative instruction within Adhyaya 49; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue frame common to the Padma Purāṇa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यत्स्नानं = यत् + स्नानम्; तन्निष्फलं = तत् + निष्फलम्; अमृतात्स्वादुतामेति = अमृतात् + स्वादुता + आमेति; संस्पर्शाच्च = संस्पर्शात् + च (त् + च → च्च)।
FAQs
It stresses that ritual acts (like snāna) gain spiritual efficacy when performed with conscious sacred intention, expressed and structured through mantra; otherwise the act remains merely physical.
Sesame is presented as a purifying, auspicious substance: its contact is said to enhance the rite’s “sweetness” (beneficial result), symbolically likened to nectar.
It teaches mindfulness and correctness in religious practice: inner intention and prescribed method matter, and small traditional elements (like tilā) are valued as supports to sincerity and purity.