Shloka 26

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

महापुर उपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषित: शुचि: । त्रसानां स्थावराणां च द्विपदानां भयं त्यजेत्‌

Transliteration

mahāpure upaspṛśya trirātro'poṣitaḥ śuciḥ | trasānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca dvipadānāṃ bhayaṃ tyajet ||

Translation

ਮਹਾਪੁਰ ਤੀਰਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਰਾਤਾਂ ਉਪਵਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਚਲਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੇ ਅਚਲ ਸਭ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਦੋ ਪੈਰਾਂ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ (ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ) ਤੋਂ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਡਰ ਤਿਆਗ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• महापुरे: at the great city (i.e., at Mahāpura-tīrtha)
• महापुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उपस्पृश्य: having bathed / having performed ablution
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• त्रिरात्रोपोषितः: one who has fasted for three nights
• त्रिरात्रोपोषितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रसानाम्: of moving beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स्थावराणाम्: of immobile beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• द्विपदानाम्: of bipeds (humans)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्यजेत्: should abandon / gives up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Non-past (injunctive sense), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya
• Mahāpura (tīrtha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purification at a tīrtha combined with disciplined fasting (three nights) is presented as a dharmic practice that removes fear—symbolically indicating inner steadiness and moral confidence gained through self-restraint and sacred observance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes the fruit (phala) of a specific vow/observance at the Mahāpura sacred ford: bathing there and fasting for three nights leads to freedom from fear caused by various beings, including humans.