Shloka 33
Kārttika-vrata Discipline: Purity Rules, Morning Bath Saṅkalpa, Tilaka Injunctions, and Food Prohibitions
न समर्थो भवेद्वक्तुं यथोक्तव्रतकारिणः । यत्कृत्वा कलुषं सर्वं व्रजेद्विप्र दशो दिशः
na samartho bhavedvaktuṃ yathoktavratakāriṇaḥ | yatkṛtvā kaluṣaṃ sarvaṃ vrajedvipra daśo diśaḥ
โอ้พราหมณ์ ไม่มีผู้ใดสามารถพรรณนาความยิ่งใหญ่ของผู้ปฏิบัติพรตตามที่บัญญัติไว้ได้. เมื่อกระทำพรตนั้นแล้ว มลทินทั้งปวงย่อมสลายไปสู่ทิศทั้งสิบ.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Brahma-khaṇḍa dialogue)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: भवेद्वक्तुं = भवेत् + वक्तुम्; यथोक्तव्रतकारिणः = यथा + उक्त + व्रत + कारिणः; यत्कृत्वा = यत् + कृत्वा; व्रजेद्विप्र = व्रजेत् + विप्र
FAQs
It teaches that faithfully performing a prescribed vrata (vow) has immense, even indescribable, spiritual efficacy and results in thorough purification.
“Ten directions” (daśa diśaḥ) is a traditional expression for complete, all-encompassing space, implying that impurity is removed entirely and everywhere.
The verse emphasizes integrity in practice—performing religious duties exactly as instructed (yathokta) rather than casually or selectively.