Shloka 161

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

विमोचनमुपस्पृश्य जितमन्युर्जितिन्द्रिय: । प्रतिग्रहकृतैर्दोषै: सर्व: स परिमुच्यते,विमोचनतीर्थमें स्नान और आचमन करके क्रोध और इन्द्रियोंको काबूमें रखनेवाला मनुष्य प्रतिग्रहजनित सारे दोषोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है

Transliteration

vimocanam upaspṛśya jitamanyur jitendriyaḥ | pratigrahakṛtair doṣaiḥ sarvaḥ sa parimucyate ||

Translation

വിമോചന-തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ആചമനം ചെയ്ത ശേഷം, ക്രോധം ജയിക്കുകയും ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ പ്രതിഗ്രഹം (ദാനം സ്വീകരിക്കൽ) മൂലമുണ്ടാകുന്ന എല്ലാ ദോഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമെല്ലാം പൂർണ്ണമായി മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

विमोचनम्the (Vimochana) holy place / Vimochana (tirtha)

उपस्पृश्यhaving sipped/washed (i.e., having performed ācamana)

जितमन्युःone who has conquered anger

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

प्रतिग्रहकृतैःcaused by accepting gifts (bribes/receipts)

दोषैःby faults/sins

सर्वःentirely / wholly

सःhe (that person)

परिमुच्यतेis completely freed / is released

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vimocana-tirtha

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purification at a tīrtha is presented as effective when joined with inner discipline: conquering anger and controlling the senses. Such self-mastery, combined with bathing/ācamana at Vimocana, frees one from the moral taints connected with improper acceptance of gifts (pratigraha).

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (Ghulastya) describes the merit of the sacred place called Vimocana: by bathing there and performing the water-rite, a self-controlled person is said to be released from faults incurred through pratigraha.