Shloka 162

Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततः पज्चवटीं गत्वा ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रिय: । पुण्येन महता युक्त: सतां लोके महीयते,तदनन्तर ब्रह्मचारी एवं जितेन्द्रिय पुरुष पंचवटी-तीर्थमें जाकर महान्‌ पुण्यसे युक्त हो सत्पुरुषोंके लोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है

Transliteration

tataḥ pañcavaṭīṁ gatvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | puṇyena mahatā yuktaḥ satāṁ loke mahīyate ||

Translation

Rồi, khi đến Pañcavaṭī, người học trò sống phạm hạnh—tự chế và làm chủ các giác quan—được tích tụ công đức lớn lao, sẽ được tôn vinh và đạt địa vị đáng kính trong cõi của bậc hiền thiện.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: Avyaya

• पञ्चवटीम्: to Pañcavaṭī
• पञ्चवटीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चवटी (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable

• ब्रह्मचारी: the brahmacārin (celibate student/ascetic)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्येन: by/with merit
• पुण्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तः: endowed/connected
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past passive participle)

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pañcavaṭī
• brahmacārī (celibate student/ascetic)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Self-mastery (jitendriyatā) and disciplined brahmacarya, when joined with righteous action and sacred observance, generate puṇya and lead to honor among the virtuous—suggesting that ethical restraint is socially and spiritually elevating.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brahmacārin goes to the sacred place Pañcavaṭī; because he is self-controlled and possessed of great merit, he becomes esteemed in the realm of good people—marking pilgrimage and ascetic discipline as causes of elevated standing.