Shloka 13
Kurukṣetra Pilgrimage: Sages Praise Kṛṣṇa; Vasudeva Inquires on Karma; Viṣṇu-yajña Performed
यस्यात्मबुद्धि: कुणपे त्रिधातुके स्वधी: कलत्रादिषु भौम इज्यधी: । यत्तीर्थबुद्धि: सलिले न कर्हिचि- ज्जनेष्वभिज्ञेषु स एव गोखर: ॥ १३ ॥
yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ
អ្នកណាដែលយល់ថា “ខ្លួនខ្ញុំ” គឺតែសាកសពដ៏អសកម្មដែលផ្សំពីស្លេស្ម ទឹកប្រមាត់ និងខ្យល់; ដែលចាត់ទុកភរិយា និងគ្រួសារជា “របស់ខ្ញុំ” ជានិច្ច; ដែលគិតថារូបបូជាដី ឬដីកំណើតគួរឲ្យគោរពបូជា; ដែលយល់ថាទីរត្ថគ្រាន់តែជាទឹកនៅទីនោះ—ប៉ុន្តែមិនដែលទៅជួប ឬគោរពបូជា អ្នកប្រាជ្ញដែលដឹងសច្ចៈវិញ្ញាណ—មនុស្សនោះមិនលើសពីគោ ឬលាទេ។
True intelligence is shown by one’s freedom from false identification of the self. As stated in the Bṛhaspati-saṁhitā:
FAQs
This verse condemns bodily self-identification as ignorance, saying that one who thinks the self is the material body and lives in possessiveness is compared to an animal.
A tīrtha is not merely sacred water; true holiness is found in the association of realized devotees and saints, who carry spiritual knowledge and devotion.
Reduce body-based identity and possessiveness, seek sādhu-saṅga, and treat pilgrimage and religious practice as a means to grow devotion and humility rather than as mere external ritual.