Shloka 33
Kārttika-vrata Discipline: Purity Rules, Morning Bath Saṅkalpa, Tilaka Injunctions, and Food Prohibitions
न समर्थो भवेद्वक्तुं यथोक्तव्रतकारिणः । यत्कृत्वा कलुषं सर्वं व्रजेद्विप्र दशो दिशः
na samartho bhavedvaktuṃ yathoktavratakāriṇaḥ | yatkṛtvā kaluṣaṃ sarvaṃ vrajedvipra daśo diśaḥ
শাস্ত্রবিধি অনুযায়ী ব্রত পালনকারীর মহিমা বর্ণনা করা কারও পক্ষে সম্ভব নয়। হে বিপ্র, তা করলে সমস্ত কলুষ দশ দিকেই দূরে সরে যায়।
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Brahma-khaṇḍa dialogue)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: भवेद्वक्तुं = भवेत् + वक्तुम्; यथोक्तव्रतकारिणः = यथा + उक्त + व्रत + कारिणः; यत्कृत्वा = यत् + कृत्वा; व्रजेद्विप्र = व्रजेत् + विप्र
FAQs
It teaches that faithfully performing a prescribed vrata (vow) has immense, even indescribable, spiritual efficacy and results in thorough purification.
“Ten directions” (daśa diśaḥ) is a traditional expression for complete, all-encompassing space, implying that impurity is removed entirely and everywhere.
The verse emphasizes integrity in practice—performing religious duties exactly as instructed (yathokta) rather than casually or selectively.