Shloka 93

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततो व्यासवनं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशन: । मनोजवे नर: स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ नियमपूर्वक रहते हुए मिताहारी होकर व्यासवनकी यात्रा करे। वहाँ मनोजवतीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका फल पाता है

Transliteration

tato vyāsavanaṁ gacchen niyato niyatāśanaḥ | manojave naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṁ labhet |

Translation

そののち、戒めを守り食を慎んで、ヴィヤーサの森へ赴くがよい。マノージャヴァ（Manojava）の聖なる渡しで沐浴すれば、千頭の牛を施すに等しい功徳を得る。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

व्यासवनम्the forest of Vyāsa (Vyāsa-forest)

गच्छेत्should go

नियतःdisciplined, restrained

नियताशनःhaving regulated food; moderate-eating

मनोजवेat Manojava (tīrtha)

नरःa man, person

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

गोसहस्रफलम्the fruit (merit) of a thousand cow-gifts

लभेत्would obtain / should obtain

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Vyāsavana

Manojava-tīrtha

go (cow) donation (as a meritorious act)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined conduct—especially restraint in food—combined with pilgrimage and sacred bathing yields great spiritual merit, here expressed as the equivalent of donating a thousand cows.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker is listing tīrthas and their fruits: the listener is instructed to go next to Vyāsa’s forest and bathe at the Manojava tīrtha, which is said to confer the merit of a thousand cow-gifts.