Shloka 52

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

तत्र मासं वसेद्धीरो नियतो नियताशनः । ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजेद्राजन्पुनीते च कुलं पुनः

Transliteration

tatra māsaṃ vaseddhīro niyato niyatāśanaḥ | brahmalokaṃ vrajedrājanpunīte ca kulaṃ punaḥ

Translation

हे राजन्, तत्र मासं धीरः नियतो नियताशनः वसेत्; स ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजेत्, कुलं च पुनः पुनीते।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• मासम्: for a month
• मासम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — कालपरिमाण (duration)

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• धीरो: steadfast; wise
• धीरो: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्तृविशेषण

• नियतः: disciplined; restrained
• नियतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyata (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्तृविशेषण

• नियताशनः: having regulated food; moderate in diet
• नियताशनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyata-āśana (प्रातिपदिक); niyata (प्रातिपदिक) + āśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्तृविशेषण

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahma-world
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-loka (प्रातिपदिक); brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: should go; would attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• पुनीते: purifies
• पुनीते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• कुलम्: family; lineage
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पुनः: again; moreover
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्ति सूचक)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king (rājan) within the Svarga-khaṇḍa discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वसेद्धीरो = वसेत् + धीरः; व्रजेद्राजन् = व्रजेत् + राजन्; नियताशनः = नियत + आशन (तत्पुरुष); ब्रह्मलोकम् = ब्रह्म + लोक (तत्पुरुष)

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Brahma

FAQs

What spiritual practice is recommended in this verse?

It recommends residing at the sacred place for one month with self-restraint (niyata) and regulated diet (niyatāśana).

What is the promised result of following this discipline?

The verse states that the practitioner attains Brahmaloka and also purifies their family lineage.

What ethical lesson does the verse emphasize?

It emphasizes discipline, moderation in consumption, and sustained commitment over time as a means to spiritual elevation and benefiting one’s family.