Shloka 80

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

कलश्यां वार्युपस्पृश्य श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रिय: । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य फल प्राप्रोति मानव:

Transliteration

kalaśyāṃ vāry upaspṛśya śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ ||

Translation

Ghūlastya said: “A person who, with faith and self-mastery, touches water kept in a ritual vessel (kalaśa) attains the merit that belongs to the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.”

Word by Word

• कलश्याम्: in a water-pot (pitcher)
• कलश्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलशी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपस्पृश्य: having touched (sipped/used for purification)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), indeclinable (gerund)

• श्रद्दधानः: faithful, full of श्रद्धा
• श्रद्दधानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्दधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निष्टोमस्य: of the Agniṣṭoma (soma-sacrifice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains, obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• kalaśa (ritual water-pot)
• Agniṣṭoma yajña