Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 28 Shloka 51 - Mahabharata | Assamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 51

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

जम्बूमार्गे त्रिभिमसि: संयत: सुसमाहित: । अहोरात्रेण चैकेन सिद्धि समधिगच्छति

Transliteration

Ajadriya uvāca: jambūmārge tribhir māsaiḥ saṁyataḥ susamāhitaḥ | ahorātreṇa caikena siddhiṁ samadhigacchati ||

Translation

অজদ্ৰিয় ক’লে— যি মানুহে ইন্দ্ৰিয় সংযম কৰি আৰু মন সুসমাহিত কৰি জাম্বূমাৰ্গত তিনিমাহ স্নান কৰে, সি সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰে। তদুপৰি সেই একে সংযম আৰু একাগ্ৰতাৰে তাত এক দিন-ৰাতি স্নান কৰিলেও সি একে সিদ্ধি পায়।

Word by Word

जम्बूमार्गेin the Jambū-path (place called Jambūmārga)

त्रिभिःby/with three

मासैःmonths

संयतःself-restrained

सुसमाहितःwell-collected, deeply concentrated

अहोरात्रेणby a day-and-night (i.e., within one full day)

चand

एकेनby one

सिद्धिम्success, attainment, spiritual accomplishment

समधिगच्छतिattains, reaches fully

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya

Jambūmārga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

External rites (like bathing at a tīrtha) bear fruit chiefly when joined with inner discipline—sense-restraint and steady concentration. With such mental and ethical preparation, even a short observance can yield the same ‘siddhi’ as a long one.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya is describing the efficacy of a particular sacred practice connected with Jambūmārga, emphasizing that the duration (three months versus one day-and-night) is secondary to the practitioner’s self-control and focused mind.