Shloka 26

Devanagari script

महापुर उपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषित: शुचि: । त्रसानां स्थावराणां च द्विपदानां भयं त्यजेत्‌,महापुरतीर्थमें स्नान करके पवित्रतापूर्वक तीन रात उपवास करनेसे मनुष्य चराचर प्राणियों तथा मनुष्योंसे प्राप्त होनेवाले भयको त्याग देता है

Transliteration

mahāpure upaspṛśya trirātro'poṣitaḥ śuciḥ | trasānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca dvipadānāṃ bhayaṃ tyajet ||

Translation

Ajadriya berkata: “Sesiapa yang mandi di tempat penyeberangan suci Mahāpura dan, dalam keadaan bersih, berpuasa selama tiga malam, akan menanggalkan ketakutan yang timbul daripada segala makhluk—yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak—bahkan daripada makhluk berkaki dua (manusia).”

Word by Word

महापुरेat the great city (i.e., at Mahāpura-tīrtha)

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed / having performed ablution

त्रिरात्रोपोषितःone who has fasted for three nights

शुचिःpure

त्रसानाम्of moving beings

स्थावराणाम्of immobile beings

चand

द्विपदानाम्of bipeds (humans)

भयम्fear

त्यजेत्should abandon / gives up

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya

Mahāpura (tīrtha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purification at a tīrtha combined with disciplined fasting (three nights) is presented as a dharmic practice that removes fear—symbolically indicating inner steadiness and moral confidence gained through self-restraint and sacred observance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes the fruit (phala) of a specific vow/observance at the Mahāpura sacred ford: bathing there and fasting for three nights leads to freedom from fear caused by various beings, including humans.