Shloka 38
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
गर्ग उवाच चतुःषष्ट्यड्रमददत् कलाज्ञानं ममाद्भुतम् | सरस्वत्यास्तटे तुष्टो मनोयज्ञेन पाण्डव
garga uvāca catuḥṣaṣṭy-aḍramadadat kalājñānaṃ mamādbhutam | sarasvatyās taṭe tuṣṭo manoyajñena pāṇḍava ||
Garga berkata: “Wahai Pāṇḍava, di tebing Sungai Sarasvatī aku telah melaksanakan korban batin (yajña dalam minda) dan dengan itu menyenangkan Dewa Śiva. Baginda berkenan lalu mengurniakan kepadaku pengetahuan yang menakjubkan tentang enam puluh empat seni.”
गर्ग उवाच
Educational Q&A
Inner worship (mānasa-yajña) and sincere devotion can be as spiritually efficacious as external ritual, leading to the bestowal of knowledge and divine favor.
Garga recounts to a Pāṇḍava that he performed a mental sacrifice on the Sarasvatī’s bank, pleased Śiva, and received from him extraordinary knowledge of the sixty-four arts as a boon.