Shloka 24
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
कालिकाश्रममासाद्य विपाशायां कृतोदक: । ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्त्रिसत्रं मुच्यते भवात्
Kālikāśramam āsādya Vipāśāyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ | Brahmacārī jitakrodhas trisatraṁ mucyate bhavāt ||
Seseorang yang mencapai pertapaan Kālikā, melaksanakan upacara air yang ditetapkan di Sungai Vipāśā, hidup selibat dengan menaklukkan amarah, dan tinggal di sana selama tiga malam, dilepaskan dari ikatan bhava—terbebas dari lingkar kelahiran dan kematian.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places yield their highest fruit when approached with inner discipline: performing proper rites, maintaining brahmacarya, and conquering anger. The verse links external pilgrimage with ethical self-mastery as the condition for liberation from saṃsāra (bhava).
Ajadriya describes a tīrtha-observance: one goes to the Kālikā hermitage, performs water-rites at the Vipāśā River (including ancestral offerings), and lives there for three nights while practicing celibacy and angerlessness; such a person is said to attain release from worldly bondage.