Shloka 30

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

Devanagari script

अपि चाप्सु निमज्जेत जपेस्त्रिरघमर्षणम्‌ । यथाश्वमेधावभूथस्तथा तन्मनुरब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

api cāpsu nimajjet japet trir-aghamarṣaṇam | yathāśvamedhāvabhūthaḥ tathā tan manur abravīt, yadi |

Translation

シャウナカは言った。「人が水に身を沈め、アガマルシャナ(Aghamarṣaṇa)を三度誦するなら、アシュヴァメーダ(Aśvamedha)祭の結びの浄浴（アヴァブリタ・スナーナ avabhṛtha-snāna）と等しい功徳を得る、とマヌ(Manu)は宣言した。」

Word by Word

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अप्सु: in waters
• अप्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: feminine, locative, plural

• निमज्जेत: should immerse/dive
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (नि-)
• Form: vidhi-linga, optative, third, singular, parasmaipada

• जपेत्: should recite
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: vidhi-linga, optative, third, singular, parasmaipada

• त्रिः: thrice
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः

• अघमर्षणम्: the Aghamarṣaṇa (purificatory mantra/recitation)
• अघमर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघमर्षण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अश्वमेधावभूथः: the avabhṛtha (final bath) of the Aśvamedha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध-अवभूथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तत्: that (result/merit)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: lan, imperfect (past), third, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Aghamarṣaṇa (hymn/mantra)
• Aśvamedha
• Avabhṛtha-snāna
• Manu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That prescribed purification—immersing in water while reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa three times—can yield merit equivalent to the avabhṛtha bath of an Aśvamedha, highlighting the power of disciplined, sincere practice and authoritative dharma-teaching (Manu).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka cites Manu’s statement while discussing dharma-related observances: he presents a specific purificatory act (water-immersion with Aghamarṣaṇa japa) and equates its फल (spiritual merit) with the famed concluding bath of a great Vedic sacrifice.