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Shloka 463

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

यश्लेहोपस्पृशेत्‌ कूपे स सोमपगतिं लभेत्‌ । मुनिने देवताओंसे वर माँगते हुए कहा--“मुझे इस कूपसे आपलोग बचावें तथा जो मनुष्य इसमें आचमन करे, उसे यज्ञमें सोमपान करनेवालोंकी गति प्राप्त हो”

yaślehopaspṛśet kūpe sa somapagatīṁ labheta | muninā devatābhyaḥ varaṁ māṅgate huve uktam—“māṁ asmin kūpāt yūyaṁ trāyatāṁ, yaś ca manuṣyo ’sminn ācamanaṁ kuryāt, sa yajñe somapānavatāṁ gatiṁ prāpnotu”

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Ai chạm vào giếng này để tẩy tịnh sẽ đạt cảnh giới phúc lành như những người đã uống Soma trong lễ tế.” Vì thế, vị hiền triết khi cầu ân với các chư thiên đã thưa: “Xin cứu ta khỏi giếng này, và xin ban rằng bất cứ ai uống một ngụm nước nơi đây theo nghi thức thanh tịnh (ācamana) đều được số phận cao quý như kẻ uống Soma trong yajña.”

यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लेहlicking / lick
लेह:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलेह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उपस्पृशेत्should touch / should sip (perform ācamana)
उपस्पृशेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootउपस्पृश्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कूपेin the well
कूपे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकूप
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सोमपगतिम्the state/goal of Soma-drinkers
सोमपगतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोमपगति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
लभेत्would obtain / should obtain
लभेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
A
a muni (sage)
D
devatāḥ (the gods/deities)
K
kūpa (the well)
S
Soma
Y
yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

Ritual acts performed with sacred intention—such as touching a sanctified well and doing ācamana—can become vehicles of merit when empowered by a sage’s boon and divine sanction, linking ordinary purification to the higher fruit associated with Soma-sacrifice.

A sage, trapped in a well, petitions the gods for rescue and simultaneously asks that the well become spiritually efficacious: anyone who performs ācamana there (or touches it for purification) should gain the exalted posthumous state attributed to participants in Soma-yajñas.