Shloka 37

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

माघमासं प्रयागे तु नियत: संशितव्रत:

Transliteration

māghamāsaṃ prayāge tu niyataḥ saṃśitavrataḥ

Translation

माघमासं प्रयागे तु नियतः संशितव्रतः ॥

Word by Word

• माघमासम्: the month of Māgha
• माघमासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघमास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयागे: in Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• नियतः: restrained, disciplined
• नियतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशितव्रतः: one whose vow is sharpened/firm; of strict vows
• संशितव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशितव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya (speaker)
• Māgha month
• Prayāga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic self-discipline: undertaking a strict vow (vrata) at a sacred place and time (Prayāga in Māgha) as a means of ethical purification and accumulation of merit through regulated conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker, Ajadriya, is describing his own observance—staying at Prayāga during the Māgha month while maintaining strict restraints and a firm vow—likely as part of a broader account of vows, tīrtha-observances, or merit-producing practices discussed in the Anuśāsana Parva.