Shloka 41

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

उत्पातके नर: स्नात्वा अष्टावक्रे कृतोदक: । द्वादशाहं निराहारो नरमेधफलं लभेत्‌,उत्पातक तीर्थमें स्नान और अष्टावक्र तीर्थमें तर्पण करके बारह दिनोंतक निराहार रहनेसे नरमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

utpātake naraḥ snātvā aṣṭāvakre kṛtodakaḥ | dvādaśāhaṁ nirāhāro naramedhaphalaṁ labhet |

Translation

ಉತ್ಪಾತಕ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ, ಅಷ್ಟಾವಕ್ರ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ತರ್ಪಣ ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿ, ಹನ್ನೆರಡು ದಿನ ನಿರಾಹಾರವಾಗಿರುವವನು ನರಮೇಧ ಯಾಗದ ಸಮಾನ ಫಲವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

उत्पातकेin (the) Utpātaka (tīrtha)

नरःa man

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

अष्टावक्रेin (the) Aṣṭāvakra (tīrtha)

कृतोदकःhaving performed the water-offering (tarpana)

द्वादशाहम्for twelve days (a period of twelve days)

निराहारःwithout food; fasting

नरमेधफलम्the fruit of the Naramedha (sacrifice)

लभेत्would obtain / may obtain

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya

Utpātaka-tīrtha

Aṣṭāvakra-tīrtha

Naramedha (sacrifice)

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?

That disciplined observance—pilgrimage bathing, water-offerings, and sustained fasting—can confer merit comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, highlighting self-control and sacred practice as powerful, accessible forms of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker Ajadriya is enumerating the fruits of specific tīrtha-related acts: bathing at Utpātaka, performing water-offerings at Aṣṭāvakra, and fasting for twelve days, culminating in the claim that these together yield Naramedha-level merit.