Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नैमिषे स्वर्गतीर्थे च उपस्पृश्य जितेन्द्रिय: । फलं पुरुषमेधस्य लभेन्मासं कृतोदक:,जो मतड़वापी तीर्थमें स्नान करता है, उसे एक रातमें सिद्धि प्राप्त होती है। जो अनालम्ब, अन्धक और सनातन तीर्थमें गोता लगाता है तथा नैमिषारण्यके स्वर्गतीर्थमें स्नान करके इन्द्रिय-संयमपूर्वक एक मासतक पितरोंको जलाञ्जलि देता है उसे पुरुषमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

naimiṣe svargatīrthe ca upaspṛśya jitendriyaḥ | phalaṃ puruṣamedhasya labhen māsaṃ kṛtodakaḥ ||

Translation

Ajadriya said: “At Naimiṣa, at the sacred ford called Svarga-tīrtha, one who performs the purifying bath and lives with mastery over the senses—offering the prescribed water-oblation for a full month—obtains the merit that is said to arise from the Puruṣamedha sacrifice.”

Word by Word

नैमिषेin Naimiṣa

स्वर्गतीर्थेat the Svarga-tīrtha (heavenly ford)

चand

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed/touched water (performed ablution)

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses; self-controlled

फलम्the fruit/result

पुरुषमेधस्यof the Puruṣamedha (sacrifice)

लभेत्would obtain / should obtain

मासम्for a month / a month (duration)

कृतोदकःhaving performed the water-offering/ablution (udaka-rite done)

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya

Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya)

Svarga-tīrtha

Puruṣamedha (sacrifice)

water-ablution (upaspṛśya)

self-control (jitendriya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates disciplined pilgrimage: ritual purity (bathing), sustained observance (a month-long practice), and inner restraint (conquest of the senses) together can yield merit comparable to a major Vedic sacrifice. Ethical emphasis falls on self-control and steady duty rather than mere momentary ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Ajadriya is describing the spiritual efficacy of specific tīrthas, especially Svarga-tīrtha at Naimiṣa, stating that a self-controlled person who performs the prescribed water-rites there for a month attains the fruit of the Puruṣamedha.