Shloka 20
Agastya’s Instruction to Raghunātha (Rāma): Sin, Remorse, and the Aśvamedha Remedy
इयं देवी जनकजा महाविद्या महामते । यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण मुक्ता यास्यंति सद्गतिम्
iyaṃ devī janakajā mahāvidyā mahāmate | yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa muktā yāsyaṃti sadgatim
ഹേ മഹാമതേ! ഈ ദേവി—ജനകനന്ദിനി—മഹാവിദ്യയാണ്. അവളെ സ്മരണമാത്രം ചെയ്താൽ മുക്തർ പരമ സദ്ഗതിയെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Unspecified (narrative voice not provided in the excerpt)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: city
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यास्यंति → यास्यन्ति (अनुस्वार/नकारादेश); स्मरणमात्रेण = स्मरण + मात्रेण; सद्गतिम् = सत् + गतिम्
FAQs
“Janakajā” means “Janaka’s daughter,” a standard epithet of Sītā, the consort of Rāma.
It presents Sītā as embodying supreme salvific wisdom—divine knowledge that leads the devotee toward liberation and the highest good.
It emphasizes smaraṇa (remembrance) as a direct devotional practice: keeping the deity in mind is portrayed as spiritually transformative and oriented toward final beatitude (sadgati).