Shloka 40
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
एकमासं निराहार: सोमलोकमवाप्लुयात्,जो ब्रह्मसरोवर (पुष्करतीर्थ) और भागीरथी गड़ामें स्नान करके पितरोंका तर्पण करता और वहाँ एक मासतक निराहार रहता है उसे चन्द्रलोककी प्राप्ति होती है
ekamāsaṁ nirāhāraḥ somalokam avāpnuyāt | yo brahmasarovare (puṣkaratīrthe) bhāgīrathyāṁ gaṅgāyāṁ snātvā pitṝṇāṁ tarpaṇaṁ karoti, tatra caikamāsaṁ nirāhāraḥ tiṣṭhati, sa candralokaprāptiṁ labhate |
Sinabi ni Ajadriya: “Ang sinumang matapos maligo sa banal na Brahma-saras sa Puṣkara at sa Bhāgīrathī (ang Gaṅgā), maghandog ng mga libasyon sa mga ninuno at manatili roon nang isang buong buwan na walang pagkain, ay makaaabot sa kaharian ni Soma—ang daigdig ng Buwan.”
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined austerity (a month-long fast) combined with tīrtha-bathing and pitṛ-tarpaṇa is a dharmic act believed to yield a specific spiritual fruit: attainment of the lunar realm (Somaloka/Candraloka).
In a discourse on vows, gifts, and sacred observances, the speaker enumerates the results of particular pilgrimage-based austerities—here, bathing at Puṣkara’s Brahma-saras and in the Gaṅgā, offering ancestral libations, and maintaining a month-long fast—stating the promised heavenly destination.