Shloka 64

Devanagari script

दशाश्रमेधिकं चैव तस्मिंस्तीर्थे महीपते । तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्यापत्र गच्छेत परमां गतिम्‌,भूपाल! वहीं दशाश्वमेधिकतीर्थ भी है। पुरुषसिंह! उसमें स्नान करके मनुष्य उत्तम गति प्राप्त करता है

Transliteration

daśāśvamedhikaṃ caiva tasmiṃs tīrthe mahīpate | tatra snātvā naravyāghra gacchet paramāṃ gatim bhūpāla ||

Translation

O king, in that very sacred ford there is also the Daśāśvamedhika tīrtha. O tiger among men, by bathing there a person attains the highest blessed state—so, O protector of the earth.

Word by Word

दशाश्वमेधिकम्the (tirtha) called Daśāśvamedhika

चand

एवindeed/also

तस्मिन्in that

तीर्थेat the sacred ford/place (tirtha)

महीपतेO king

तत्रthere

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

नरःa man

व्याप्यhaving pervaded/reached (i.e., having gone through/visited)

गच्छेत्would go/attain

परमाम्supreme

गतिम्state/goal/destination

भूपालO protector of the earth (king)

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Daśāśvamedhika-tīrtha

tīrtha (sacred ford)

mahīpati (king)

bhūpāla (king)

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 teaches that reverent engagement with sacred places—especially ritual bathing at renowned tīrthas—yields profound spiritual merit and can lead one toward the ‘highest state’ (paramā gati), emphasizing dharmic life through pilgrimage and purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a king and points out that at the mentioned sacred ford there is the Daśāśvamedhika tīrtha; the speaker then praises its efficacy, stating that bathing there grants a person the highest blessed attainment.