Shloka 52

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

कोकामुखे विगाह्याथ गत्वा चाञज्जलिकाश्रमम्‌ | शाकभक्षश्षीरवासा: कुमारीविन्दते दश

Transliteration

kokāmukhe vigāhyātha gatvā cāñjalikāśramam | śākabhakṣaḥ kṣīravāsāḥ kumārī vindate daśa ||

Translation

କୋକାମୁଖ ତୀର୍ଥରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରି, ପରେ ଅଞ୍ଜଲିକାଶ୍ରମ-ତୀର୍ଥକୁ ଯାଇ ଯେ କିଛି କାଳ ଶାକଭକ୍ଷଣ କରି ଚୀରବସ୍ତ୍ର ଧାରଣ କରି ବାସ କରେ, ସେ କନ୍ୟାକୁମାରୀ ତୀର୍ଥ ଦଶବାର ସେବନର ଫଳ ପାଏ।

Word by Word

• कोकामुखे: at/in Kokāmukha (tīrtha)
• कोकामुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकामुख
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विगाह्य: having bathed (immersed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-गाह्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), Parasmaipada (usage), having bathed/immersed

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), having gone

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अञ्जलिकाश्रमम्: to Añjalikāśrama (hermitage/tīrtha)
• अञ्जलिकाश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जलिकाश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शाकभक्षः: one who eats vegetables/greens
• शाकभक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाकभक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षीरवासा: one clothed in bark/cloth (cīra-vāsa)
• क्षीरवासा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीरवासा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुमारीम्: Kumārī (Kanyākumārī tīrtha/deity)
• कुमारीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विन्दते: obtains/finds
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• दश: ten (times)
• दश: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kokāmukha tīrtha
• Añjalikāśrama tīrtha/āśrama
• Kumārī (Kanyākumārī) tīrtha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that pilgrimage (tīrtha-sevā) becomes especially fruitful when joined with self-restraint—simple diet and ascetic living—yielding amplified spiritual merit and a favorable post-death destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker describes a prescribed sequence of sacred acts: bathing at Kokāmukha, proceeding to Añjalikāśrama, and living there with austere observances; the reward is stated as the equivalent merit of ten visits to Kanyākumārī.