Shloka 59

Devanagari script

मैनाके पर्वते स्नात्वा तथा संध्यामुपास्य च | काम॑ जित्वा च वै मासं सर्वयज्ञफलं लभेत्‌,मैनाक पर्वतपर एक महीनेतक स्नान और संध्योपासन करनेसे मनुष्य कामको जीतकर समस्त यज्ञोंका फल पा लेता है

Transliteration

Maināke parvate snātvā tathā sandhyām upāsya ca | kāmaṁ jitvā ca vai māsaṁ sarvayajñaphalaṁ labhet ||

Translation

Tắm gội tại núi Maināka và hành lễ Sandhyā đúng phép; người nào trong trọn một tháng chế ngự được kāma (dục vọng) thì đạt công đức ngang với mọi lễ tế.

Word by Word

• मैनाके: on (at) Maināka
• मैनाके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैनाक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (स्नान)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• संध्याम्: the twilight-prayer (sandhyā)
• संध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपास्य: having worshipped/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कामम्: desire (lust)
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जित्वा: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• मासम्: for a month / a month (duration)
• मासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वयज्ञफलम्: the fruit of all sacrifices
• सर्वयज्ञफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-यज्ञ-फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maināka (mountain)
• Sandhyā (twilight worship/rite)
• kāma (desire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sustained self-restraint—specifically conquering kāma—combined with disciplined daily Sandhyā worship and sacred bathing yields immense spiritual merit, equated here with the fruit of all sacrifices. Inner mastery is presented as the decisive ethical achievement.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (Ajadri) describes a specific observance connected with Mount Maināka: bathing there and performing Sandhyā worship for a month. The statement functions as a prescriptive teaching on tīrtha-practice and vows, highlighting the promised result of such discipline.