Shloka 51
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
जम्बूमार्गे त्रिभिमसि: संयत: सुसमाहित: । अहोरात्रेण चैकेन सिद्धि समधिगच्छति
Ajadriya uvāca: jambūmārge tribhir māsaiḥ saṁyataḥ susamāhitaḥ | ahorātreṇa caikena siddhiṁ samadhigacchati ||
अजद्रिय उवाच— जम्बूमार्गे त्रिमासान् स्नात्वा संयतः सुसमाहितः सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति। अहोरात्रेण चैकेन तत्रैव स्नात्वा संयमेनैकाग्रचित्तः स एव सिद्धिफलमाप्नोति॥
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
External rites (like bathing at a tīrtha) bear fruit chiefly when joined with inner discipline—sense-restraint and steady concentration. With such mental and ethical preparation, even a short observance can yield the same ‘siddhi’ as a long one.
Ajadriya is describing the efficacy of a particular sacred practice connected with Jambūmārga, emphasizing that the duration (three months versus one day-and-night) is secondary to the practitioner’s self-control and focused mind.