Shloka 31
The Greatness of the Kāliṇdī (Yamunā): Merit of Bathing, Charity, and Faith
अनभ्यासहता विद्या हतो बोधो विरोधकृत् । जीवितार्थं हतं तीर्थं जीवनार्थं हतं व्रतम्
anabhyāsahatā vidyā hato bodho virodhakṛt | jīvitārthaṃ hataṃ tīrthaṃ jīvanārthaṃ hataṃ vratam
అభ్యాసము లేకపోతే విద్య నశించును; విరోధము కలిగించువాడిచేత బోధ నశించును. జీవికకోసం చేసిన తీర్థయాత్ర వ్యర్థమగును; జీవనార్థమాత్రంగా చేసిన వ్రతము నశించును.
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Concept: Sādhanā must be lived: learning without practice, understanding poisoned by quarrels, pilgrimage done for income, and vows kept for mere survival—these all lose their spiritual essence.
Application: Turn study into daily conduct (one vow/one habit at a time); avoid argumentative spirituality; when visiting holy places, prioritize snāna, japa, dāna, and darśana over earning; keep vratas with a clear sankalpa oriented to purification and devotion.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: विरोधकृत् is an upapada-tatpurusha with kṛt (quvip). जीवितार्थम्/जीवनार्थम् are purpose-accusatives used adverbially.
FAQs
It teaches that spiritual and intellectual pursuits lose their value when driven by wrong motives: knowledge needs practice, understanding needs openness (not quarrelsome opposition), and religious acts like pilgrimage and vows should not be reduced to mere material survival.
It criticizes pilgrimage when it is undertaken primarily as a means of livelihood or worldly gain, implying that tīrtha should be approached with sincerity, devotion, and inner purification.
Learning must be applied through disciplined practice, and discussion should aim at truth and clarity—contentious contradiction (virodha) undermines genuine understanding (bodha).