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

Having bathed for purification at Rāmahṛda and performed the prescribed water-offerings at the river Vipāśā, one who then keeps a twelve-day fast is freed from all taint of sin.

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

Cross References

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.