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Shloka 60

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

कालोदकं नन्दिकुण्डं तथा चोत्तरमानसम्‌ | अभ्येत्य योजनशताद्‌ू भ्रूणहा विप्रमुच्यते

kālodakaṃ nandikuṇḍaṃ tathā cottaramānasam | abhyetya yojanaśatād bhṛūṇahā vipramucyate ||

Đi từ xa một trăm do-tuần đến những thủy vực thiêng mang tên Kālodaka, Nandikuṇḍa và Uttaramānasa, rồi tắm gội tại đó, thì người ấy được giải thoát khỏi tội lỗi—dẫu mang tội trọng như sát hại bào thai của một Bà-la-môn.

कालोदकम्the (tirtha) Kālodaka
कालोदकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालोदक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नन्दिकुण्डम्the Nandikuṇḍa (pond)
नन्दिकुण्डम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दिकुण्ड
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाand also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उत्तरमानसम्the Uttaramānasa (tirtha/lake)
उत्तरमानसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउत्तरमानस
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अभ्येत्यhaving approached / having gone to
अभ्येत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-इ
FormLyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
योजनशतात्from a hundred yojanas (away)
योजनशतात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootयोजनशत
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
भ्रूणहाa slayer of an embryo (one guilty of foeticide)
भ्रूणहा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रूणहन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विप्रमुच्यतेis completely released (from sin)
विप्रमुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-प्र-मुच्
FormPresent, Indicative, Passive, Third, Singular

अजड्रिय उवाच

K
Kālodaka (tīrtha)
N
Nandikuṇḍa (tīrtha)
U
Uttaramānasa (tīrtha)
B
bhṛūṇahā (the embryo-killer, as a moral category)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that pilgrimage to certain highly revered tīrthas—undertaken with significant effort—can function as a powerful means of expiation, symbolizing the possibility of moral purification and reintegration even after severe wrongdoing.

In a discourse on tīrthas and their merits, the speaker lists specific sacred waters (Kālodaka, Nandikuṇḍa, Uttaramānasa) and states their exceptional purificatory efficacy: one who reaches them after traveling a great distance is said to be freed from the sin of embryo-killing.