Shloka 146

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

दण्डाख्यमभिगम्यैव गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌ । तत्पश्चात्‌ चम्पामें जाकर भागीरथीमें तर्पण करे और दण्ड नामक तीर्थमें जाकर सहस्र गोदानका फल प्राप्त करे

Transliteration

daṇḍākhyam abhigamyaiva go-sahasra-phalaṁ labhet | tatpaścāt campāṁ gatvā bhāgīrathyāṁ tarpaṇaṁ kuryāt, daṇḍa-nāmaka-tīrthe gatvā sahasra-go-dānasya phalaṁ prāpnoti |

Translation

Pulastya said: By merely visiting the sacred ford called Daṇḍa, one gains the merit equal to gifting a thousand cows. Thereafter, having gone to Campā and performed the rite of libation (tarpaṇa) in the river Bhāgīrathī, the pilgrim—on reaching the Daṇḍa-tīrtha—attains the fruit of a thousand cow-gifts. The passage frames pilgrimage and ancestral offerings as disciplined, dharmic acts that cultivate generosity and reverence without requiring material wealth from everyone.

Word by Word

• दण्डाख्यम्: called ‘Daṇḍa’ (place/tīrtha)
• दण्डाख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्डाख्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभिगम्य: having gone to / approaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (verbal base), non-finite

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the fruit (merit) of a thousand cows (as a gift)
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोसहस्रफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain / may obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (optative), present (modal), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Daṇḍa-tīrtha
• Campā
• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• go-dāna (cow-gift)