Shloka 47

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

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

कपिलातीर्थमासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहित: । तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च 9९ १०8: [_ स्वान्‌ दैवतान्यपि

Transliteration

kapilātīrtham āsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | tatra snātvārcayitvā ca svān daivatāny api ||

Translation

Đến Kapila-tīrtha, người giữ phạm hạnh (brahmacarya), tâm ý thu nhiếp, tắm gội tại đó; rồi sau khi cử hành lễ cúng, cũng kính lễ các vị thần mà mình phụng thờ riêng.

Word by Word

• कपिलातीर्थम्: Kapila-tirtha (sacred ford/place)
• कपिलातीर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिलतीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having reached/arrived at
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having reached)

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate student; brahmacārin
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Prior action (having bathed)

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund; periphrastic form -यित्वा), Prior action (having worshipped)

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

• स्वान्: his own
• स्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दैवतानि: deities
• दैवतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kapilātīrtha
• Kapila
• brahmacārī
• svāni daivatāni (personal deities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True religious merit is shown through disciplined conduct (brahmacarya), mental composure (samāhita), and reverent worship; pilgrimage is framed as an ethical-spiritual practice, not mere travel.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes a brahmacārī reaching Kapila’s sacred tīrtha, bathing there, and performing worship—honoring both the sanctity of the place and his own deities as part of proper tīrtha-observance.