Shloka 40
Brahmin Conduct, Purificatory Baths, and the Garuḍa–Nectar Episode
Illustrative Narrative
क्षयमेष्यंति पापानि ब्रह्मत्वं प्राप्स्यते भवान् । शृणु तात यथावृत्तं कथयामः पुरातनम्
kṣayameṣyaṃti pāpāni brahmatvaṃ prāpsyate bhavān | śṛṇu tāta yathāvṛttaṃ kathayāmaḥ purātanam
Dosamu akan berakhir, dan engkau akan mencapai keadaan Brahman. Dengarlah, wahai anak yang dikasihi; kami akan menceritakan dengan tepat apa yang telah berlaku—sebuah kisah purba.
Unspecified narrator speaking to a younger addressee (tāta); likely within a teacher–disciple or sage–listener dialogue frame
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: kṣayam eṣyanti → kṣayameṣyanti; yathā + vṛttam → yathāvṛttam (avyayībhāva).
FAQs
It promises the cessation of sins (pāpāni kṣayam eṣyanti) and the attainment of brahmatva—an elevated liberated state associated with realizing Brahman.
It signals an intent to narrate an ancient account faithfully “as it happened,” a common Purāṇic framing to establish authority and continuity of tradition.
The verse links moral purification with attentive listening to sacred teaching: disciplined receptivity to dharmic narration is presented as a means toward inner cleansing and higher realization.