Shloka 65
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
काम॑ क्रोधं च लोभं च यो जित्वा तीर्थमावसेत् । न तेन किज्विन्न प्राप्त तीर्थाभिगमनाद् भवेत्,जो काम, क्रोध और लोभको जीतकर तीर्थोमें स्नान करता है उसे उस तीर्थयात्राके पुण्यसे कोई वस्तु दुर्लभ नहीं रहती
kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca lobhaṁ ca yo jitvā tīrtham āvaset | na tena kiñcid aprāptaṁ tīrthābhigamanād bhavet ||
Whoever conquers desire, anger, and greed and then dwells at a tīrtha gains the true fruit of pilgrimage: for such a person, nothing remains unattainable through the merit born of visiting holy places.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage bears its highest fruit when one has first mastered the inner foes—desire, anger, and greed. External sacred travel is presented as truly efficacious only when supported by inner discipline and moral restraint.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused discourse, the speaker teaches about the proper meaning of tīrtha and religious practice, emphasizing that ethical self-conquest is the foundation that makes pilgrimage spiritually fruitful.