Shloka 32
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
मतड्वाप्यां यः स्नायादेकरात्रेण सिद्ध्यति । विगाहति हाुनालम्बमन्धकं वै सनातनम्
maṭadvāpyāṁ yaḥ snāyād ekarātreṇa siddhyati | vigāhati hy ānālambam andhakaṁ vai sanātanam |
ອະຈັດຣິຍະ (Ajadriya) ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຜູ້ໃດອາບນ້ຳໃນສະລະສັກສິດຊື່ ມັດດະດວາປີ (Maṭadvāpī) ຈະໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມສຳເລັດທາງຈິດວິນຍານໃນຄືນດຽວ. ແລະຜູ້ໃດດຳລົງລົງຈົມໃນທ່ານ້ຳສັກສິດໂບຮານຊື່ ອານາລັມບະ (Ānālamba)—ທີ່ຍັງເອີ້ນວ່າ ອັນທະກະ (Andhaka) ແລະ ສະນາຕະນະ (Sanātana)—ກໍໄດ້ບຸນຊຳລະມົນທິນຈາກການຈົມນ້ຳນັ້ນເຊັ່ນກັນ”។
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the purificatory and merit-producing power of tīrtha-bathing: sincere immersion at specific sacred sites is presented as a swift means to spiritual ‘siddhi’ (accomplishment), reinforcing the dharmic ideal that disciplined pilgrimage and ritual purity support inner transformation.
A speaker named Ajadriya is listing the fruits of visiting particular holy places. Here he names Maṭadvāpī and the tīrtha called Ānālamba (also referred to as Andhaka and Sanātana), stating that bathing/immersion there yields rapid spiritual benefit.