यत्पुण्यं परमं प्रोक्तं सततं यज्ञयाजिनाम् । सत्यवादिषु यत्पुण्यं यत्पुण्यं हेमदायिनि । तत्पुण्यं लभते विप्र सहस्राब्दस्य जीविभिः
yatpuṇyaṃ paramaṃ proktaṃ satataṃ yajñayājinām | satyavādiṣu yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ hemadāyini | tatpuṇyaṃ labhate vipra sahasrābdasya jīvibhiḥ
إنّ الفضل الأسمى الذي قيل إنه ملازمٌ دائمًا لمن يقيمون اليَجْنَ (القرابين)، وفضلَ الصادقين في القول، وفضلَ من يتصدّق بالذهب—ذلك الفضل بعينه، يا أيها البرهمن، يناله من عاش حتى يبلغ مقدار «سَهَسْرابْدَ» (sahasrābda) المرتبط بنذر ألف قمر.
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū-tīrtha context implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa (addressed as ‘vipra’)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa listener receives the proclamation that the long vow’s merit equals that of sacrifices, truth-speaking, and gifting gold; Ayodhyā’s sacred ambience frames the teaching.
Sustained vow-practice is praised as equivalent to the highest merits of sacrifice, truthfulness, and great charity.
The merit teaching belongs to Ayodhyā Māhātmya, where Ayodhyā serves as the sacred context for such elevated puṇya.
It extols the long-duration observance tied to the ‘thousand moons/thousand-year measure’ as a source of supreme merit.