Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अपहत्य तमस्तीव्रं यथा भात्युदये रवि: । तथापहत्य पाप्मानं भाति गड़ाजलोक्षित:,जैसे सूर्य उदयकालमें घने अन्धकारको विदीर्ण करके प्रकाशित होते हैं, उसी प्रकार गड़ाजलमें स्नान करनेवाला पुरुष अपने पापोंको नष्ट करके सुशोभित होता है

Transliteration

apahatya tamas tīvraṃ yathā bhāty udaye raviḥ | tathā apahatya pāpmānaṃ bhāti gaḍājalokṣitaḥ ||

Translation

جس طرح طلوع کے وقت سورج گھنے اندھیرے کو چیر کر روشن ہوتا ہے، اسی طرح گدا کے پانی میں غسل کرنے والا اپنے گناہ مٹا کر درخشاں ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

अपहत्यhaving destroyed/removed

तमःdarkness

तीव्रम्intense, dense

यथाjust as

भातिshines

उदयेat (the time of) rising

रविःthe sun

तथाso, in the same way

अपहत्यhaving destroyed/removed

पाप्मानम्sin, evil (sinfulness)

भातिshines, is resplendent

गडाजल-उक्षितःone bathed/sprinkled with gada-water (i.e., after bathing in gajā-jala)

Speaker

सिद्ध उवाच

Characters & Entities

Siddha (speaker)

Ravi (the Sun)

Gaḍā-jala (water of Gaḍā)

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 teaches that moral impurity (pāpmāna) can be removed through purificatory practice associated with a sacred water (Gaḍā-jala), resulting in renewed radiance and auspiciousness—symbolized by the sun dispelling darkness.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Siddha is praising the efficacy of bathing in Gaḍā’s sacred water, using a vivid comparison: as sunrise breaks dense darkness, so the bather’s sins are destroyed and he becomes spiritually bright.