Shloka 36
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
विना मंत्रेण यत्स्नानं सर्वं तन्निष्फलं भवेत् । अमृतात्स्वादुतामेति संस्पर्शाच्च तिलस्य च
vinā maṃtreṇa yatsnānaṃ sarvaṃ tanniṣphalaṃ bhavet | amṛtātsvādutāmeti saṃsparśācca tilasya ca
മന്ത്രമില്ലാതെ ചെയ്യുന്ന സ്നാനം മുഴുവനും നിഷ്ഫലമാകുന്നു. എന്നാൽ എള്ളിന്റെ സ്പർശം കൊണ്ടു അത് അമൃതംപോലെ മധുരഫലപ്രദമാകുന്നു.
Unspecified (narrative instruction within Adhyaya 49; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue frame common to the Padma Purāṇa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यत्स्नानं = यत् + स्नानम्; तन्निष्फलं = तत् + निष्फलम्; अमृतात्स्वादुतामेति = अमृतात् + स्वादुता + आमेति; संस्पर्शाच्च = संस्पर्शात् + च (त् + च → च्च)।
FAQs
It stresses that ritual acts (like snāna) gain spiritual efficacy when performed with conscious sacred intention, expressed and structured through mantra; otherwise the act remains merely physical.
Sesame is presented as a purifying, auspicious substance: its contact is said to enhance the rite’s “sweetness” (beneficial result), symbolically likened to nectar.
It teaches mindfulness and correctness in religious practice: inner intention and prescribed method matter, and small traditional elements (like tilā) are valued as supports to sincerity and purity.