Shloka 4

Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya

Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee

Devanagari script

इत्याचम्य जपेत्‌ सायं प्रातश्न॒ पुरुष: सदा । यदल्ला कुरुते पापं तस्मात्‌ स परिमुच्यते

Transliteration

ity ācamya japet sāyaṁ prātaś ca puruṣaḥ sadā | yad ahnā kurute pāpaṁ tasmāt sa parimucyate ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha nói: “Tâu Đại vương, người ta phải luôn làm lễ ācamana và tụng công thức này vào buổi sáng và buổi chiều. Dù trong ngày có phạm tội lỗi gì, người ấy cũng được giải thoát hoàn toàn khỏi tội ấy.” Lời dạy đặt trọng tâm vào sự thanh tẩy hằng ngày và sự trì tụng cung kính—đặc biệt gắn với tính thiêng của bò và bơ sữa tinh luyện (ghee)—như một kỷ luật sám hối và gột rửa đạo hạnh.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• आचम्य: having sipped (water) / having performed ācamana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चम (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• जपेत्: should recite/mutter
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, injunctive/optative (should), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम्

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः

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

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अह्ना: in a day / during the day
• अह्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• कुरुते: does/commits
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्, present, 3, singular, आत्मनेपद

• पापम्: sin/evil deed
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• परिमुच्यते: is completely freed/released
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, present, 3, singular, आत्मनेपद, middle/passive sense: is freed

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• King (Rājan)
• ācamana (ritual sipping of water)
• japa (muttered recitation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular purification (ācamana) and disciplined japa at dawn and dusk function as a daily prāyaścitta: the practitioner is said to be freed from the day’s moral faults, emphasizing routine self-cleansing and reverence-based restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha instructs the king on a prescribed daily practice: after ācamana one should recite the given formula morning and evening; the verse states the promised result—release from sins committed during the day.