Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ नमस्कृत्य महागिरिम्‌

Transliteration

tato gacchet dharmajña namaskṛtya mahāgirim | dharmajña! vahāṁse mahāparvata himālayako namaskāra karke gaṅgādvāra (haridvāra)-kī yātrā kare, jo svargadvārake samāna hai; isameṁ saṁśaya nahīṁ hai | vahāṁ ekāgracitta ho koṭitīrthameṁ snāna kare |

Translation

ထို့နောက်၊ ဓမ္မကိုသိမြင်သူအို၊ မဟာတောင်တန်း ဟိမာလယကို ဂါရဝပြု၍ ဦးညွှတ်ကန်တော့ပြီးနောက်၊ ကောင်းကင်တံခါးနှင့်တူသကဲ့သို့သော ဂင်္ဂါဒွာရ (ဟရိဒွာရ) သို့ ခရီးဆက်သင့်၏—ဤအပေါ် သံသယမရှိ။ ထိုနေရာ၌ စိတ်ကို တစ်ချက်တည်း စုစည်းထားကာ ကိုဋိတီရ္ထ (Koṭitīrtha) တွင် ရေချိုးသင့်၏။

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गच्छेत्: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, optative (injunctive sense: should), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active (parasmai sense), true

• महागिरिम्: the great mountain
• महागिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar)
• Svargadvāra
• Koṭitīrtha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is practiced through reverence and disciplined action: honoring sacred places (Himālaya, Gaṅgādvāra) and performing purificatory rites with ekāgratā (one-pointed attention). The verse links outer pilgrimage with inner mental focus, implying that merit depends not only on travel but on mindful, respectful conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker gives a step-by-step instruction for a tīrtha-yātrā: first bow to the great mountain Himālaya, then travel to Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar), praised as heaven’s gateway, and finally bathe at the sacred Koṭitīrtha with concentrated mind.