यस्तत्र दीपकं दद्यात्कार्तिके मासि च द्विजाः । न स पश्यति रौद्रांस्तान्नरकानेकविंशतिम् । न चांधो जायते क्वापि यत्रयत्र प्रजायते
yastatra dīpakaṃ dadyātkārtike māsi ca dvijāḥ | na sa paśyati raudrāṃstānnarakānekaviṃśatim | na cāṃdho jāyate kvāpi yatrayatra prajāyate
ಓ ದ್ವಿಜರೇ! ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ ಮಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದೀಪದಾನ ಮಾಡುವವನು ಆ ಭಯಂಕರ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂದು ನರಕಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮವಾದರೂ ಅವನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಅಂಧನಾಗಿ ಹುಟ್ಟುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative context in this adhyāya)
Tirtha: Ānarttīya-taḍāga (Kārttika dīpa-dāna sthāna)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijāḥ / Ṛṣis (addressed as twice-born)
Scene: Nightfall at the pond; rows of small lamps float or are placed on the bank; brāhmaṇas and devotees offer dīpas; the darkness recedes, symbolizing freedom from naraka; a motif of clear, luminous eyes signifying freedom from blindness.
A simple act of devotion—offering a lamp in Kārttika at a sanctified place—destroys severe demerit and grants protective blessings.
The “there” indicates the chapter’s praised site: Ānarta Tīrtha / Ānartīya Taḍāga.
Dīpa-dāna (offering a lamp) at the tīrtha during the month of Kārttika.
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