Shloka 63

Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method

Devanagari script

सर्वपापैर्विनिर्मुक्तो नाकलोकेमहीयते । स्नानं तर्पणपर्यंतं देवा महर्षयो विदुः

Transliteration

sarvapāpairvinirmukto nākalokemahīyate | snānaṃ tarpaṇaparyaṃtaṃ devā maharṣayo viduḥ

Translation

เมื่อพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวงแล้ว ย่อมได้รับการสรรเสริญในโลกสวรรค์ เหล่าเทวะและมหาฤษีทั้งหลายรู้ (และบัญญัติ) พิธีกรรมที่เริ่มด้วยการอาบน้ำและดำเนินไปจนถึงการทำตัรปณะ (การหลั่งน้ำบูชา)

Word by Word

• सर्वपापैः: from/by all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apādāna/Karaṇa (Separation/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed/released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) → विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त/ppp)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाकलोके: in heaven (svarga-world)
• नाकलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाकलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is honored/glorified)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तर्पणपर्यन्तम्: up to (including) tarpaṇa (libations)
• तर्पणपर्यन्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); मर्यादावाचक (up to the limit)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विदुः: know/declare
• विदुः: Kriya (Cognition/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Not explicitly identifiable from the single verse excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 49).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सर्वपापैर्विनिर्मुक्तो = सर्वपापैः + विनिर्मुक्तः; नाकलोकेमहीयते = नाकलोके + महीयते.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Maharishis

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the purpose of snāna and tarpaṇa?

It presents snāna (ritual bathing) and tarpaṇa (water-libations) as a recognized purification sequence—known to devas and sages—through which one becomes freed from sin and gains honor in heavenly realms.

Does this verse describe a specific tīrtha (pilgrimage place) or a general rite?

In this line, no specific tīrtha is named; it reads as a general dharmic principle about purification rites. The surrounding chapter context would clarify whether it is tied to a particular sacred place or occasion.

What is the ethical lesson implied by being 'freed from all sins'?

The verse implies that disciplined, tradition-sanctioned acts of purification and remembrance (such as tarpaṇa) support moral and spiritual cleansing, leading to elevated posthumous or spiritual status (honor in nākaloka).