Shloka 7
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
अजड्रिय उवाच सप्ताहं चन्द्रभागां वै वितस्तामूर्मिमालिनीम् | विगाहा वै निराहारो निर्मलो मुनिवद् भवेत्,अंगिराने कहा--मुने! मनुष्य उपवास करके चन्द्रभागा (चनाव) और तरंगमालिनी वितस्ता (झेलम)-में सात दिनतक स्नान करे तो मुनिके समान निर्मल हो जाता है
ajaḍriya uvāca saptāhaṁ candrabhāgāṁ vai vitastām ūrmimālinīm | vigāhya vai nirāhāro nirmalo munivad bhavet ||
अजड्रिय उवाच—सप्ताहं चन्द्रभागां वै वितस्तामूर्मिमालिनीम् । विगाह्य वै निराहारो निर्मलो मुनिवद् भवेत् ॥
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined austerity—fasting combined with sustained ritual bathing in sacred rivers—functions as a means of inner and outer purification, making one ‘like a sage’ in cleanliness and restraint.
Ajaḍriya is describing a specific tīrtha-practice: for one week, a person should fast and repeatedly immerse in the rivers Candrabhāgā and Vitastā; the stated result is the attainment of sage-like purity.