Shloka 47

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

रामह्द उपस्पृश्य विपाशायां कृतोदकः । द्वादशाहं निराहार: कल्मषादू विप्रमुच्यते,रामहद (परशुराम-कुण्ड)-में स्नान और विपाशा नदीमें तर्पण करके बारह दिनोंतक उपवास करनेवाला पुरुष सब पापोंसे छूट जाता है

Transliteration

Rāmahṛda upaspṛśya Vipāśāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ | dvādaśāhaṃ nirāhāraḥ kalmaṣād vipramucyate ||

Translation

Wer im Rāmahṛda ein reinigendes Bad nimmt, am Fluss Vipāśā die vorgeschriebenen Wasserriten (tarpaṇa) darbringt und danach zwölf Tage lang ohne Nahrung fastet, wird von aller Sündenschuld befreit.

Word by Word

रामह्रदेin the Ramahrada (Rama-lake/tank)

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed/touched (water) for purification

विपाशायाम्in the Vipasha (river)

कृतोदकःone who has performed the water-rite (tarpana/ablution)

द्वादशाहम्for twelve days (a twelve-day period)

निराहारःfasting; without food

कल्मषात्from sin/impurity

विप्रमुच्यतेis completely released/freed

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya (speaker)

Rāmahṛda (Paraśurāma-kuṇḍa)

Vipāśā (river)

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?

Ethical purification is linked to disciplined practice: sacred bathing, proper water-offerings, and sustained fasting are presented as a structured means to remove ‘kalmaṣa’ (moral stain) and restore dharmic purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker enumerates the merit of a specific tīrtha-observance: bathing at Rāmahṛda, performing water-rites at the Vipāśā river, and then fasting for twelve days, which is said to free the practitioner from sin.