Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नैमिषे स्वर्गतीर्थे च उपस्पृश्य जितेन्द्रिय: । फलं पुरुषमेधस्य लभेन्मासं कृतोदक:,जो मतड़वापी तीर्थमें स्नान करता है, उसे एक रातमें सिद्धि प्राप्त होती है। जो अनालम्ब, अन्धक और सनातन तीर्थमें गोता लगाता है तथा नैमिषारण्यके स्वर्गतीर्थमें स्नान करके इन्द्रिय-संयमपूर्वक एक मासतक पितरोंको जलाञ्जलि देता है उसे पुरुषमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

naimiṣe svargatīrthe ca upaspṛśya jitendriyaḥ | phalaṃ puruṣamedhasya labhen māsaṃ kṛtodakaḥ ||

Translation

نَیمِشارَنیہ کے سُوَرگ تیرتھ میں غسل کر کے، حواس پر قابو پا کر، جو شخص ایک ماہ تک پِتروں کو جلاآنجلی دیتا ہے، وہ پُرُشمیध یَجْن کا پھل پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

नैमिषेin Naimiṣa

स्वर्गतीर्थेat the Svarga-tīrtha (heavenly ford)

चand

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed/touched water (performed ablution)

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses; self-controlled

फलम्the fruit/result

पुरुषमेधस्यof the Puruṣamedha (sacrifice)

लभेत्would obtain / should obtain

मासम्for a month / a month (duration)

कृतोदकःhaving performed the water-offering/ablution (udaka-rite done)

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ajadriya

Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya)

Svarga-tīrtha

Puruṣamedha (sacrifice)

water-ablution (upaspṛśya)

self-control (jitendriya)

Character Dynamics

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?

The verse elevates disciplined pilgrimage: ritual purity (bathing), sustained observance (a month-long practice), and inner restraint (conquest of the senses) together can yield merit comparable to a major Vedic sacrifice. Ethical emphasis falls on self-control and steady duty rather than mere momentary ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Ajadriya is describing the spiritual efficacy of specific tīrthas, especially Svarga-tīrtha at Naimiṣa, stating that a self-controlled person who performs the prescribed water-rites there for a month attains the fruit of the Puruṣamedha.