Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti
Chapter 82
राक्षसा दितिजा रुद्रा ब्रह्मा च मनुजाधिप । नियत: परमां दीक्षामास्थायाब्दसहस््रिकीम्
rākṣasā ditijā rudrā brahmā ca manujādhipa | niyataḥ paramāṁ dīkṣām āsthāyābdasahasrikīm ||
「人々の主よ、ラाक्षサたちも、ディティより生まれたダイティヤたちも、ルドラたちも、そしてブラフマー自身さえも——身を慎み——千年にわたり、最高のディークシャー(dīkṣā、灌頂の誓戒)を受けて修する。」
घुलस्त्य उवाच
The verse underscores the ethical power of niyama (self-restraint) and dīkṣā (vowed discipline): even the mightiest beings are portrayed as attaining greatness through sustained, consecrated austerity rather than mere force.
The speaker addresses a king and emphasizes, by citing multiple classes of powerful beings (Rākṣasas, Daityas, Rudras, and Brahmā), that undertaking an exalted vow for an immense duration (a thousand years) is a recognized path to extraordinary spiritual potency and legitimacy.