Shloka 12
Vaitaraṇī-tīrtha and the Devayāna Path
Kaliṅga Episode
इमां गाथामत्र गायन्नपः स्मृशति यो नर: । देवयानो<स्य पन्थाश्च चक्षुषाभिप्रकाशते,जो मनुष्य यहाँ इस गाथाका गान करते हुए वैतरणीके जलका स्पर्श करता है उसकी दृष्टिमें देवयान मार्ग प्रकाशित हो जाता है
imāṃ gāthām atra gāyann apaḥ spṛśati yo naraḥ | devayāno 'sya panthāś ca cakṣuṣābhiprakāśate ||
โลมศะกล่าวว่า “ผู้ใด ณ ที่นี้ ขับขานคาถานี้ไปพร้อมกับสัมผัสสายน้ำ หนทางเทวยานะย่อมปรากฏสว่างแจ้งแก่สายตาของผู้นั้น”
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sacred recitation joined with ritual purity—symbolized by touching holy waters—clarifies one’s spiritual course. Ethical intent and reverent speech are portrayed as means that ‘illumine’ the devayāna, the divine path, i.e., a heavenward or spiritually elevated destiny.
Lomāśa is describing the fruit (phala) of a specific gāthā: a person who recites it while touching the waters gains a vision in which the devayāna path becomes manifest. It functions as a tirtha-related assurance of merit and spiritual guidance through prescribed remembrance.