Shloka 303
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
अब्राह्मणस्य सावित्रीं पठतस्तु प्रणश्यति । जो सर्वथा ब्राह्मण नहीं है, ऐसा मनुष्य यदि वहाँ गायत्रीमन्त्रका पाठ करे तो वहाँ वह मन्त्र लुप्त हो जाता है; अर्थात् उसे भूल जाता है
abrāhmaṇasya sāvitrīṁ paṭhatas tu praṇaśyati |
Pulastya nói: “Nếu kẻ không thật sự là một brāhmaṇa mà tụng Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī), thì thần chú ấy được nói là ‘tiêu mất’ đối với người đó—nghĩa là không bén rễ trong ký ức hay hiệu lực của họ.”
पुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
That mantra-recitation is tied to adhikāra—proper qualification expressed through discipline, initiation/training, and conduct; without this grounding, the recitation is considered fruitless and even unstable (the mantra is ‘lost’ to the reciter).
Pulastya is giving a normative instruction about Vedic practice, stating that when an unqualified person recites the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī, it does not remain effective for him and is said to ‘perish,’ i.e., it fails to be retained or to yield its intended spiritual result.