Shloka 12
अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्
Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed
यत्रावगाहा पीत्वा च नैनं श्वोमरणं तपेत् । महासर: पुष्कराणि प्रभासोत्तरमानसे
yatrāvagāhya pītvā ca nainaṃ śvomaraṇaṃ tapet | mahāsaraḥ puṣkarāṇi prabhāsottaramānase |
Wika ni Śaunaka: “Sa banal na pook na yaon, matapos maligo at uminom ng tubig nito, ang tao’y hindi na pinahihirapan ng takot na mamatay kahit kinabukasan; nagiging kṛtakṛtya siya—yaong nakatupad na sa dapat tupdin—kaya’t hindi na niya kinatatakutan ang kamatayan. Kung ikaw ay magtungo at maligo sa dakilang lawa ng Puṣkara, sa Prabhāsa, sa Uttara-mānasa, sa Kālodaka, sa Dṛṣadgavatī, sa tagpuan ng ilog Sarasvatī, at sa iba pang tīrtha gaya ng Mānasa-sarovara, muli kang magkakamit ng mahabang buhay upang magpatuloy sa pamumuhay.”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage and ritual purification at renowned tīrthas—especially bathing and drinking their waters—symbolize completing one’s religious duties (kṛtakṛtyatā), which dissolves anxiety about imminent death and is said to confer renewed vitality and longevity.
Śaunaka is describing the power of specific sacred sites (Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Uttara-mānasa, Kālodaka, Dṛṣadgavatī, the Sarasvatī confluence, and Mānasarovara), advising that bathing there and drinking the water removes fear of near death and grants long life.