Shloka 161

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

विमोचनमुपस्पृश्य जितमन्युर्जितिन्द्रिय: । प्रतिग्रहकृतैर्दोषै: सर्व: स परिमुच्यते,विमोचनतीर्थमें स्नान और आचमन करके क्रोध और इन्द्रियोंको काबूमें रखनेवाला मनुष्य प्रतिग्रहजनित सारे दोषोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है

Transliteration

vimocanam upaspṛśya jitamanyur jitendriyaḥ | pratigrahakṛtair doṣaiḥ sarvaḥ sa parimucyate ||

Translation

Matapos maligo at magsagawa ng ācamana sa Vimocana-tīrtha, ang taong nagwagi sa galit at nakapaghari sa mga pandama ay ganap na napapalaya sa lahat ng dungis na nagmumula sa pagtanggap ng mga kaloob (pratigraha).

Word by Word

विमोचनम्the (Vimochana) holy place / Vimochana (tirtha)

उपस्पृश्यhaving sipped/washed (i.e., having performed ācamana)

जितमन्युःone who has conquered anger

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses

प्रतिग्रहकृतैःcaused by accepting gifts (bribes/receipts)

दोषैःby faults/sins

सर्वःentirely / wholly

सःhe (that person)

परिमुच्यतेis completely freed / is released

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vimocana-tirtha

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purification at a tīrtha is presented as effective when joined with inner discipline: conquering anger and controlling the senses. Such self-mastery, combined with bathing/ācamana at Vimocana, frees one from the moral taints connected with improper acceptance of gifts (pratigraha).

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (Ghulastya) describes the merit of the sacred place called Vimocana: by bathing there and performing the water-rite, a self-controlled person is said to be released from faults incurred through pratigraha.