Shloka 58
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
तथा ब्रह्मुसरो गत्वा धर्मारण्योपशोभितम् | पुण्डरीकमवाप्नोति उपस्पृश्य नर: शुचि:,धर्मारण्यसे सुशोभित ब्रह्मसर तीर्थमें जाकर वहाँ स्नान करके पवित्र हुआ मनुष्य पुण्डरीकयज्ञका फल पाता है
tathā brahmasaro gatvā dharmāraṇyopaśobhitam | puṇḍarīkam avāpnoti upaspṛśya naraḥ śuciḥ ||
ထိုနည်းတူပင်၊ ဓမ္မတောအလှဖြင့် တင့်တယ်သော «ဗြဟ္မစာရသ» ဟုခေါ်သည့် သန့်ရှင်းသော ရေကန်သို့ သွားရောက်ကာ ထိုနေရာ၌ ရေချိုးသန့်စင်၍ သန့်ရှင်းလာသောသူသည် ပုဏ္ဍရိက ယဇ్ఞ၏ အကျိုးကို ရရှိသည်။
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere purification through tirtha-bathing at a sanctified place can yield the same spiritual merit as a major sacrifice, emphasizing accessibility of dharmic reward through purity and reverence rather than only through costly ritual.
The speaker describes a specific pilgrimage act: going to Brahmasaras, a sacred pool beautified by the Dharma-forest, bathing there, and thereby attaining the fruit of the Puṇḍarīka sacrifice.