Shloka 24

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

कालिकाश्रममासाद्य विपाशायां कृतोदक: । ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधस्त्रिसत्रं मुच्यते भवात्‌

Transliteration

Kālikāśramam āsādya Vipāśāyāṁ kṛtodakaḥ | Brahmacārī jitakrodhas trisatraṁ mucyate bhavāt ||

Translation

ਜੋ ਕਾਲਿਕਾ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਕੇ ਵਿਪਾਸ਼ਾ ਨਦੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਜਲ-ਕਰਮ (ਤਰਪਣ ਆਦਿ) ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨੂੰ ਜਿੱਤ ਕੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਰਯ ਦਾ ਪਾਲਣ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਤਿੰਨ ਰਾਤਾਂ ਉੱਥੇ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਭਵ-ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• कालिकाश्रमम्: the Kālikā-āśrama (hermitage)
• कालिकाश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिकाश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• विपाशायाम्: in/at the Vipāśā (river)
• विपाशायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपाशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कृतोदकः: one who has performed the water-rite (bath/ablution)
• कृतोदकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतोदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate/student observing brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिसत्रम्: a three-night period (three nights)
• त्रिसत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मुच्यते: is released / becomes free
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular

• भवात्: from worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• भवात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya (speaker)
• Kālikāśrama
• Vipāśā River

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred places yield their highest fruit when approached with inner discipline: performing proper rites, maintaining brahmacarya, and conquering anger. The verse links external pilgrimage with ethical self-mastery as the condition for liberation from saṃsāra (bhava).

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes a tīrtha-observance: one goes to the Kālikā hermitage, performs water-rites at the Vipāśā River (including ancestral offerings), and lives there for three nights while practicing celibacy and angerlessness; such a person is said to attain release from worldly bondage.