Shloka 55

Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas

Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana

Devanagari script

मेधाविकं समासाद्य पितृन्‌ देवांश्व॒ तर्पयेत्‌ | अग्निष्टोममवाप्रोति स्मृतिं मेधां च विन्दति

Transliteration

medhāvikaṃ samāsādya pitṝn devāṃś ca tarpayet | agniṣṭomam avāpnoti smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca vindati

Translation

Pulastya nói: “Khi đến Medhāvika (thánh địa/nghi lễ), hãy làm lễ tarpaṇa để làm thỏa lòng các Pitṛ (linh hồn tổ tiên) và chư thiên bằng những phẩm vật đúng phép. Nhờ vậy, người ấy đạt công đức ngang lễ tế Agniṣṭoma và được cả smṛti (trí nhớ) lẫn medhā (trí tuệ).”

Word by Word

• मेधाविकम्: the intelligent (person)
• मेधाविकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधाविक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (manes)
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/propitiate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (तर्पयति)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अग्निष्टोमम्: the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• अग्निष्टोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप्
• Form: Lat (present indicative), Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्मृतिम्: memory
• स्मृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मेधाम्: intelligence
• मेधाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विन्दति: finds/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विन्दति)
• Form: Lat (present indicative), Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Medhāvika
• Pitṛs
• Devas
• Agniṣṭoma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Honoring both ancestors and gods through proper tarpaṇa is presented as a dharmic act whose fruit equals major Vedic sacrifice (Agniṣṭoma) and also refines the practitioner’s inner faculties—memory (smṛti) and intelligence (medhā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya is instructing about the spiritual benefits of approaching a sacred observance/place called Medhāvika and performing propitiatory offerings to the Pitṛs and the devas, emphasizing its exceptional merit and its effect on mental clarity.