दत्तं चेद्वेदविदुषे तदनंतगुणं भवेत् । रामतीर्थं समुद्दिश्य वक्ष्यामि मुनिपुंगवाः
dattaṃ cedvedaviduṣe tadanaṃtaguṇaṃ bhavet | rāmatīrthaṃ samuddiśya vakṣyāmi munipuṃgavāḥ
Jika sedekah diberikan kepada seorang yang mengetahui Veda, maka pahala kebajikannya menjadi tidak terhingga. Wahai para resi yang utama, kini akan aku jelaskan dengan merujuk kepada Rāma-tīrtha.
Sūta (contextual continuation of narration)
Tirtha: Rāma-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Munipuṅgavas / ṛṣis
Scene: A sage addresses other sages, gesturing toward a sacred route; a pilgrim offers cloth/coins/grain to a Veda-knower near a tīrtha; the scene foreshadows the forthcoming description of Rāma-tīrtha.
Dāna becomes extraordinarily meritorious when offered to worthy recipients, and tīrtha-context further elevates religious acts.
Rāma-tīrtha is introduced as the focus of the forthcoming māhātmya.
Give dāna to a vedavid (Veda-knower); the text frames the teaching within Rāma-tīrtha’s sacred setting.
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