Shloka 104
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
जाती: स स्मरते बद्दीर्नाकपृष्ठे च मोदते । गम्यान्यपि च तीर्थानि कीर्तितान्यगमानि च
jātīḥ sa smarate baddhīr nākapṛṣṭhe ca modate | gamyāny api ca tīrthāni kīrtitāny agamāni ca
Wika ni Pulastya: “Naalaala niya ang maraming kapanganakang siya’y naitaling bihag, at nagagalak siya sa tuktok ng langit. Naalaala rin niya ang mga banal na tawiran (tīrtha) na tunay niyang napuntahan, at maging yaong mga pook na banal na tanging nabanggit lamang—bagaman hindi niya napuntahan.”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic continuity: even in heavenly enjoyment one retains awareness of past bondage and of one’s religious acts—both performed pilgrimages and merely heard-of holy places—highlighting that merit and memory follow the soul beyond a single life.
Pulastya is describing the post-mortem experience of a person who attains heaven: he delights there, yet remembers prior constrained existences and recollects the tīrthas he visited as well as those he only heard praised but did not reach.