Shloka 44

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

करवीरपुरे स्नात्वा विशालायां कृतोदकः । देवह्द उपस्पृश्य ब्रह्मभूतो विराजते,करवीरपुरमें स्नान, विशालामें तर्पण और देवह्दमें मज्जन करनेसे मनुष्य ब्रह्मरूप हो जाता है

Transliteration

karavīrapure snātvā viśālāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ | devahṛda upaspṛśya brahmabhūto virājate ||

Translation

Having bathed at Karavīrapura, offered the prescribed water-oblations at Viśālā, and performed ritual immersion at Devahṛda, a person is said to shine forth as one who has attained the state of Brahman—purified, elevated, and spiritually fulfilled.

Word by Word

करवीरपुरेin (the city of) Karavīrapura

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

विशालायाम्in Viśālā (place-name)

कृतोदकःone who has performed the water-offering/ablution (tarpana etc.)

देवह्रदेin Devahrada (the divine lake)

उपस्पृश्यhaving touched/abluted (i.e., having taken a purificatory dip)

ब्रह्मभूतःbecome Brahman-like / of the nature of Brahman

विराजतेshines forth / becomes illustrious

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya (speaker)

Karavīrapura

Viśālā

Devahṛda

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 teaches that disciplined pilgrimage—bathing, offering water-oblations, and ritual purification at designated tīrthas—functions as a dharmic means of inner cleansing, culminating in a state described as 'brahma-bhūta', i.e., spiritually elevated and radiant with purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker enumerates the spiritual fruits of visiting specific sacred sites: bathing at Karavīrapura, performing the water-rite at Viśālā, and purification at Devahṛda, declaring that these acts together confer a transformative, exalted spiritual condition.