Shloka 5
The Greatness of the Month of Māgha
Māgha-snāna, Harivāsara, and the Kāṣṭhīlā-Upākhyāna
काष्ठीलोवाच । पृथिवीं दास्यसे सुभ्रु सकलामपि मत्कृते । तथापि नैव मुच्येयं सद्यः कुत्सितयोनितः ॥ ५ ॥
kāṣṭhīlovāca | pṛthivīṃ dāsyase subhru sakalāmapi matkṛte | tathāpi naiva mucyeyaṃ sadyaḥ kutsitayonitaḥ || 5 ||
കാഷ്ഠീലൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഓ സുഭ്രൂ! എന്റെ കാരണമായി നീ മുഴുവൻ ഭൂമിയും തന്നാലും, ഞാൻ ഈ കുത്സിത യോനിയിൽ നിന്ന് ഉടൻ മോചിതനാകുകയില്ല.
Kāṣṭhīla
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It underscores that worldly power or gifts—even the whole earth—cannot instantly annul deep karmic consequences; true purification requires dharmic and spiritual means, not mere material exchange.
By devaluing material recompense as insufficient for real inner release, the verse implicitly points toward higher remedies praised in the Purāṇa—devotion, sacred observances, and tīrtha-based purification directed to the Divine rather than transactional gain.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is ethical discernment in dāna (charity)—material gifts do not automatically produce immediate mokṣa without corresponding dharma and spiritual discipline.