Shloka 66
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
यान्यगम्यानि तीर्थाणि दुर्गाणि विषमाणि च | मनसा तानि गम्यानि सर्वतीर्थसमीक्षया
yāny agamyāni tīrthāni durgāṇi viṣamāṇi ca | manasā tāni gamyāni sarvatīrthasamīkṣayā ||
Barangsiapa merindukan darśana atas semua tīrtha, maka tīrtha-tīrtha yang tak dapat dicapai oleh tubuh—karena sukar ditempuh atau berada di medan yang terjal—hendaknya ia kunjungi dengan batin, melalui perenungan dan peninjauan atas seluruh tīrtha.
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage is not only physical travel; when sacred places cannot be reached due to difficulty or danger, one may fulfill the intent through mental visitation—recollection and contemplative review—so that devotion and dharmic purpose are preserved despite practical limits.
Ajadri is instructing about the proper way to undertake a comprehensive tīrtha-yātrā: for remote or hazardous tīrthas that cannot be visited bodily, the seeker should 'go' there with the mind, treating inner contemplation as a valid form of darśana.