Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तत्रोपस्पृश्य राजेन्द्र पितृदेवार्चने रत: । नियतात्मा नर: पूतो गच्छेत परमां गतिम्‌,राजेन्द्र! उसमें स्नान करके देवताओं और पितरोंके पूजनमें तत्पर रहनेवाला जितात्मा पुरुष पवित्र हो परमगतिको प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

tatropaspṛśya rājendra pitṛdevārcane rataḥ | niyatātmā naraḥ pūto gacchet paramāṃ gatim ||

Translation

Wahai raja mulia, setelah mandi di sana dan tekun memuja para dewa serta para leluhur (pitṛ), seorang yang berdisiplin batin menjadi suci dan mencapai keadaan tertinggi.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed / having performed ablution

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

पितृदेव-अर्चनेin the worship of the Pitrs and the gods

रतःengaged, devoted

नियतात्माself-controlled

नरःa man

पूतःpurified

गच्छेत्would go / should attain

परमाम्supreme

गतिम्state, goal, destination

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Rājendra (the king addressed)

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Devas (gods)

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?

Purification is not merely physical bathing; when joined with disciplined self-control and sincere worship of devas and pitṛs, it becomes a dharmic practice that leads toward the highest spiritual attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya addresses a king and describes the merit of bathing at a sacred place and then performing worship of gods and ancestors; he states that such a restrained, devoted person becomes purified and reaches the supreme goal.