Shloka 47
The Greatness of Haridvāra
Gaṅgādvāra-māhātmya
संपूज्य ब्राह्मणान् भक्त्या स लभेद्ब्रह्मणः पदम् । संक्रान्तौ वाप्यमायां वा व्यतीपाते युगादिके ॥ ४७ ॥
saṃpūjya brāhmaṇān bhaktyā sa labhedbrahmaṇaḥ padam | saṃkrāntau vāpyamāyāṃ vā vyatīpāte yugādike || 47 ||
ဘရဟ္မဏများကို ဘက္တိဖြင့် သင့်တော်စွာ ပူဇော်ကာ ဂုဏ်ပြုလျှင်၊ ထိုသူသည် ဘြဟ္မန်၏ အမြင့်ဆုံး အခြေအနေ (Brahman-pada) ကို ရရှိမည်။ အထူးသဖြင့် စင်္ကြာန္တ (saṅkrānti)၊ အမாவာသျာ (amāvāsyā)၊ ဗျတီပာတ (vyatīpāta) သို့မဟုတ် ယုဂအစ စသည့် ကာလဆုံရာများတွင် ထိုပူဇော်မှုကို ပြုလျှင် ပိုမိုထူးကဲ၏။
Narada (as teacher within the Uttara-Bhaga mahatmya discourse; traditional dialogue frame with Sanatkumara lineage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that devotional honoring of brāhmaṇas—especially at powerful calendrical junctions—becomes a direct means toward the highest liberation, described as attaining the state of Brahman.
Bhakti is shown as reverent service and honor offered with faith; the verse emphasizes inner devotion (bhaktyā) as the force that elevates ritual honoring into a moksha-yielding act.
It highlights Jyotiṣa (Vedic astronomy/astrology) through timing: saṅkrānti, amāvāsyā, and vyatīpāta are treated as potent muhūrtas for dāna and brāhmaṇa-pūjā.