Shloka 30
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
श्यामायास्त्वाश्रमं गत्वा उषित्वा चाभिषिच्य च । एकपक्ष निराहारस्त्वन्तर्धानफलं लभेत्,श्यामाश्रममें जाकर वहाँ स्नान, निवास तथा एक पक्षतक उपवास करनेवाला पुरुष अन्तर्धानके फलको प्राप्त कर लेता है
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अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined observance—approaching a sacred hermitage, living with restraint, performing purification rites, and undertaking a sustained fast—yields a specific spiritual ‘fruit’ (phala). It frames extraordinary attainments as outcomes of tapas and regulated conduct rather than mere desire.
Ajadriya describes the merit obtained by visiting Śyāmā’s hermitage: one should go there, stay, bathe/perform ablutions, and fast for a fortnight. By completing these acts, the practitioner gains the stated reward, the ‘fruit of disappearance’ (antardhāna-phala), i.e., the merit associated with becoming unseen.