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Shloka 51

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

जम्बूमार्गे त्रिभिमसि: संयत: सुसमाहित: । अहोरात्रेण चैकेन सिद्धि समधिगच्छति

Transliteration

Ajadriya uvāca: jambūmārge tribhir māsaiḥ saṁyataḥ susamāhitaḥ | ahorātreṇa caikena siddhiṁ samadhigacchati ||

Translation

అజద్రియుడు పలికెను— ఇంద్రియనిగ్రహముతో, సుసమాహితమైన మనస్సుతో జంబూమార్గంలో మూడు నెలలు స్నానం చేసినవాడు సిద్ధిని పొందును. అంతేకాదు, అదే నియమం, ఏకాగ్రతతో అక్కడ ఒక అహోరాత్రం స్నానం చేసినా అదే సిద్ధి లభించును.

Word by Word

जम्बूमार्गेin the Jambū-path (place called Jambūmārga)

त्रिभिःby/with three

मासैःmonths

संयतःself-restrained

सुसमाहितःwell-collected, deeply concentrated

अहोरात्रेणby a day-and-night (i.e., within one full day)

चand

एकेनby one

सिद्धिम्success, attainment, spiritual accomplishment

समधिगच्छतिattains, reaches fully

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya

Jambūmārga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.