Shloka 306

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

न वै योनौ प्रजायते स्नातास्तीर्थे महात्मन: । उसीसे विद्वान्‌ पुरुष अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल पाता है। नृपश्रेष्ठ! ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य अथवा शूद्र जो कोई भी महात्मा ब्रह्माजीके तीर्थमें स्नान कर लेते हैं, वे फिर किसी योनिमें जन्म नहीं लेते हैं

Transliteration

na vai yonau prajāyate snātās tīrthe mahātmanaḥ |

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “Those great-souled persons who have bathed at this sacred ford are not born again into any womb. By that act itself, a learned man attains the merit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice. O best of kings, whether one is a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, or śūdra—whoever bathes at Brahmā’s tīrtha is freed from further embodied birth.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वै: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• योनौ: in a womb/birth-source
• योनौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रजायते: is born/arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√जन् (जायते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• स्नाताः: having bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्ना (स्नात)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Brahmā
• Brahma-tīrtha (Brahmā’s sacred ford)
• Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Kṣatriya
• Vaiśya
• Śūdra