Shloka 44

Devanagari script

करवीरपुरे स्नात्वा विशालायां कृतोदकः । देवह्द उपस्पृश्य ब्रह्मभूतो विराजते,करवीरपुरमें स्नान, विशालामें तर्पण और देवह्दमें मज्जन करनेसे मनुष्य ब्रह्मरूप हो जाता है

Transliteration

karavīrapure snātvā viśālāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ | devahṛda upaspṛśya brahmabhūto virājate ||

Translation

Tras bañarse en Karavīrapura, ofrecer las oblaciones de agua prescritas en Viśālā y sumergirse ritualmente en Devahṛda, se dice que una persona resplandece como quien ha alcanzado el estado de Brahman: purificada, elevada y colmada en lo espiritual.

Word by Word

करवीरपुरेin (the city of) Karavīrapura

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

विशालायाम्in Viśālā (place-name)

कृतोदकःone who has performed the water-offering/ablution (tarpana etc.)

देवह्रदेin Devahrada (the divine lake)

उपस्पृश्यhaving touched/abluted (i.e., having taken a purificatory dip)

ब्रह्मभूतःbecome Brahman-like / of the nature of Brahman

विराजतेshines forth / becomes illustrious

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya (speaker)

Karavīrapura

Viśālā

Devahṛda

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage—bathing, offering water-oblations, and ritual purification at designated tīrthas—functions as a dharmic means of inner cleansing, culminating in a state described as 'brahma-bhūta', i.e., spiritually elevated and radiant with purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker enumerates the spiritual fruits of visiting specific sacred sites: bathing at Karavīrapura, performing the water-rite at Viśālā, and purification at Devahṛda, declaring that these acts together confer a transformative, exalted spiritual condition.