Shloka 373

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा तु भरतश्रेष्ठ निर्मल: स्वर्गमाप्तुयात्‌ । भरतश्रेष्ठ) जो नियमपूर्वक उत्तम व्रतका पालन करते हुए माघके महीनेमें प्रयागमें स्नान करता है वह सब पापोंसे मुक्त होकर स्वर्गमें जाता है

Transliteration

snātvā tu bharataśreṣṭha nirmalaḥ svargam āptuyāt |

Translation

ହେ ଭରତଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନ କଲେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ନିର୍ମଳ ହୋଇ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ ପାଏ। ଯେ ନିୟମପୂର୍ବକ ଉତ୍ତମ ବ୍ରତ ପାଳନ କରି ମାଘ ମାସରେ ପ୍ରୟାଗରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରେ, ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗକୁ ଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, non-finite

• तु: indeed/then/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निर्मलः: pure/cleansed
• निर्मलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आप्तुयात्: should attain and go (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) + या (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, Third, Singular, परस्मैपदम्, कर्तरि

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharataśreṣṭha (addressee, a Bharata prince/king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined observance (vrata) and sacred bathing are presented as practices that purify one from sin and generate merit leading to heavenly attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker addresses a Bharata noble, stating that bathing (implicitly at a praised tīrtha such as Prayāga during Māgha, per the surrounding context) makes one pure and fit to attain heaven.