Shloka 40

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

उष्य द्वादशरात्र तु नियतो नियताशनः । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य जम्बूमार्ग समाविशेत्‌,वहाँ इन्द्रियसंयम और नियमित आहार करते हुए बारह रात रहकर तीर्थकी परिक्रमा करनेके पश्चात्‌ जम्बूमार्गको जाय

Transliteration

uṣya dvādaśarātraṁ tu niyato niyatāśanaḥ | pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya jambūmārgaṁ samāviśet ||

Translation

Having stayed there for twelve nights with disciplined conduct and regulated food, and after completing the sacred circumambulation in the proper (clockwise) manner, one should then enter the route called Jambūmārga. The passage emphasizes austerity, self-restraint, and reverent ritual movement as prerequisites for proceeding on a spiritually significant path.

Word by Word

उष्यhaving stayed (after staying)

द्वादशरात्रम्twelve nights (for a period of twelve nights)

तुindeed/then/but

नियतःdisciplined, restrained

नियताशनःone with regulated food/diet

प्रदक्षिणम्circumambulation (keeping to the right)

उपावृत्यhaving gone around / having circumambulated

जम्बूमार्गम्the Jambū-path/road called Jambūmārga

समाविशेत्should enter

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghūlastya (speaker)

Jambūmārga

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?

Spiritual progress is framed as requiring restraint (niyama), control of the senses, and regulated living; only after disciplined observance and reverent circumambulation does one proceed onward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker gives procedural guidance for a pilgrimage observance: remain for twelve nights with vows and regulated diet, perform the prescribed circumambulation, and then proceed to the route known as Jambūmārga.