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Shloka 663

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

विधूतपाप्मा भवति वाजपेयं च विन्दति । महाबाहो! उस तीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है। ब्रह्मचर्यपालनपूर्वक एकाग्र हो गंगाजीमें स्नान करके मनुष्य पापरहित होता तथा वाजपेययज्ञका फल पाता है

vidhūtapāpmā bhavati vājapeyaṃ ca vindati | mahābāho! us tīrtha meṃ snāna karke manuṣya sab pāpoṃ se mukta ho jātā hai | brahmacaryapālanapūrvaka ekāgra ho gaṅgājī meṃ snāna karke manuṣya pāparahita hotā tathā vājapeyayajñakā phala pātā hai |

プラースティヤは言った。「その聖なる渡し場で沐浴する者は罪垢を払い、ヴァージャペーヤ(Vājapeya)祭の功徳を得る。おお、強き腕を持つ者よ。先にブラフマチャリヤ(梵行)を守り、心を一つにしてこのティールタにてガンガー(Gaṅgā)に沐浴するなら、その人は過ちより解き放たれ、ヴァージャペーヤの果報に至る。」

विधूतपाप्माone whose sins are shaken off (sinless)
विधूतपाप्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविधूतपाप्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वाजपेयंthe Vājapeya (sacrifice) / its fruit
वाजपेयं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाजपेय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विन्दतिobtains, finds
विन्दति:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

पुलस्त्य उवाच

P
Pulastya
G
Gaṅgā (Ganges)
T
Tīrtha (sacred bathing place)
V
Vājapeya-yajña

Educational Q&A

The passage teaches that ethical self-restraint (brahmacarya) and mental focus, when joined to sacred practice (bathing at a tīrtha in the Gaṅgā), lead to purification from sin and confer great religious merit—comparable to performing a major royal sacrifice like the Vājapeya.

Pulastya is describing the greatness (māhātmya) of a particular pilgrimage spot: he tells the listener addressed as 'mahābāho' that bathing there—especially with prior observance of brahmacarya and concentration—removes sins and grants the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice.