Shloka 64

Account of Various Sacred Tīrthas

Pilgrimage Merits and Prayāga Supremacy

Devanagari script

विधूतपाप्मा भवति वाजपेयं च विंदति । ततो मुंजवटं गछेत्स्थानं देवस्य धीमतः

Transliteration

vidhūtapāpmā bhavati vājapeyaṃ ca viṃdati | tato muṃjavaṭaṃ gachetsthānaṃ devasya dhīmataḥ

Translation

وہ گناہوں سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے اور واجپَیَی یَجْن کے برابر ثواب پاتا ہے۔ اس کے بعد اسے مُنجَوَٹ جانا چاہیے، جو دانا دیوتا کا مسکن ہے۔

Word by Word

• विधूतपाप्मा: one whose sin is removed
• विधूतपाप्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधूत (कृदन्त; √धू धुनोति) + पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—“विधूतः पाप्मा यस्य सः” (one whose sin is shaken off)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वाजपेयं: the Vājapeya (sacrifice/rite)
• वाजपेयं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विन्दति: obtains
• विन्दति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु; विन्दति = ‘find/obtain’)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana/Temporal (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमबोधक (from there/thereafter)

• मुंजवटम्: Muñjavaṭa (place)
• मुंजवटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुंजवट (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्थानम्: to the place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• धीमतः: of the wise
• धीमतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘देवस्य’)

Speaker

Pulastya (to Bhīṣma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: गछेत्स्थानं = गच्छेत् + स्थानम्; विंदति = विन्दति (अनुस्वार/बिन्दु-लेखनभेद); मुंजवटं = मुंजवटम् (अनुस्वार-लेखन).

Characters & Entities

• Vājapeya
• Muñjavaṭa
• Deva (the wise Lord)

FAQs

What does this verse say about the fruit of pilgrimage or sacred practice?

It states that the practitioner becomes free from sin and gains merit comparable to performing the Vājapeya sacrifice, indicating that tīrtha-related acts can confer great ritual fruit.

What is Muñjavaṭa in this verse?

Muñjavaṭa is presented as a sacred destination—an abode of the “wise Lord”—to be visited next, suggesting it is part of a prescribed tīrtha itinerary in this chapter.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is emphasized here?

The verse highlights purification (removal of pāpa) and disciplined progression—after receiving merit, one is instructed to proceed to the next sacred place, reinforcing orderly spiritual striving.