Shloka 93

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

Pulastya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततो व्यासवनं गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशन: । मनोजवे नर: स्नात्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ नियमपूर्वक रहते हुए मिताहारी होकर व्यासवनकी यात्रा करे। वहाँ मनोजवतीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका फल पाता है

Transliteration

tato vyāsavanaṁ gacchen niyato niyatāśanaḥ | manojave naraḥ snātvā gosahasraphalaṁ labhet |

Translation

Sau đó, giữ mình nghiêm cẩn và tiết chế ăn uống, người ta nên đến khu rừng của Vyāsa. Tắm tại bến thánh Manojava, một người sẽ được công đức ngang với việc bố thí một nghìn con bò.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

व्यासवनम्the forest of Vyāsa (Vyāsa-forest)

गच्छेत्should go

नियतःdisciplined, restrained

नियताशनःhaving regulated food; moderate-eating

मनोजवेat Manojava (tīrtha)

नरःa man, person

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

गोसहस्रफलम्the fruit (merit) of a thousand cow-gifts

लभेत्would obtain / should obtain

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Vyāsavana

Manojava-tīrtha

go (cow) donation (as a meritorious act)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined conduct—especially restraint in food—combined with pilgrimage and sacred bathing yields great spiritual merit, here expressed as the equivalent of donating a thousand cows.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker is listing tīrthas and their fruits: the listener is instructed to go next to Vyāsa’s forest and bathe at the Manojava tīrtha, which is said to confer the merit of a thousand cow-gifts.