Shloka 47

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

रामह्द उपस्पृश्य विपाशायां कृतोदकः । द्वादशाहं निराहार: कल्मषादू विप्रमुच्यते,रामहद (परशुराम-कुण्ड)-में स्नान और विपाशा नदीमें तर्पण करके बारह दिनोंतक उपवास करनेवाला पुरुष सब पापोंसे छूट जाता है

Transliteration

Rāmahṛda upaspṛśya Vipāśāyāṃ kṛtodakaḥ | dvādaśāhaṃ nirāhāraḥ kalmaṣād vipramucyate ||

Translation

ராமஹ்ரதத்தில் நீராடி, விபாசா நதியில் விதிப்படி நீர்க் கிரியைகள் (தர்ப்பணம்) செய்து, பன்னிரண்டு நாட்கள் நிராஹாரமாக இருப்பவன் எல்லாக் கல்மஷங்களிலிருந்தும் (பாவங்களிலிருந்தும்) விடுபடுவான்।

Word by Word

• रामह्रदे: in the Ramahrada (Rama-lake/tank)
• रामह्रदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामह्रद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उपस्पृश्य: having bathed/touched (water) for purification
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Sakarmaka

• विपाशायाम्: in the Vipasha (river)
• विपाशायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपाशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कृतोदकः: one who has performed the water-rite (tarpana/ablution)
• कृतोदकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतोदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादशाहम्: for twelve days (a twelve-day period)
• द्वादशाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निराहारः: fasting; without food
• निराहारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कल्मषात्: from sin/impurity
• कल्मषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्मष
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विप्रमुच्यते: is completely released/freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्र + मुच्
• Form: Present, Lat, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya (speaker)
• Rāmahṛda (Paraśurāma-kuṇḍa)
• Vipāśā (river)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical purification is linked to disciplined practice: sacred bathing, proper water-offerings, and sustained fasting are presented as a structured means to remove ‘kalmaṣa’ (moral stain) and restore dharmic purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker enumerates the merit of a specific tīrtha-observance: bathing at Rāmahṛda, performing water-rites at the Vipāśā river, and then fasting for twelve days, which is said to free the practitioner from sin.