Shloka 23

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

वैमानिक उपस्पृश्य किडकिणीकाश्रमे तथा । निवासे>प्सरसां दिव्ये कामचारी महीयते,जो वैमानिक और किड्किणीकाश्रमतीर्थमें स्नान करता है, वह अप्सराओंके दिव्यलोकमें जाकर सम्मानित होता और इच्छानुसार विचरता है

Transliteration

vaimānika upaspṛśya kiḍakiṇīkāśrame tathā | nivāse 'psarasāṁ divye kāmacārī mahīyate ||

Translation

阿阇陀利耶说道：凡于名为毗摩尼迦之圣渡行净浴，又于吉陀吉尼迦修行林（圣地）沐浴者，死后将在阿普萨罗众的光明居处受尊崇，并得随意往来之自在。

Word by Word

• वैमानिकः: a celestial (one who moves in aerial cars)
• वैमानिकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैमानिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपस्पृश्य: having bathed (after ablution)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as indeclinable gerund), having bathed/touched water (performed ablution)

• किडकिणीकाश्रमे: in the hermitage called Kiḍakiṇīkā
• किडकिणीकाश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किडकिणीक-आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• निवासे: in the abode
• निवासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अप्सरसाम्: of the apsarases
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कामचारी: moving at will
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive usage, is honored/is revered

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya
• Vaimānika (tīrtha)
• Kiḍakiṇīkāśrama (tīrtha/āśrama)
• Apsarases (apsaras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that tīrtha-bathing (ritual purification undertaken with faith and discipline) is a dharmic act that generates puṇya, leading to honor and desirable posthumous attainments—here expressed as reaching the divine realm of the Apsarases and enjoying freedom of movement.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Ajadriya is listing the fruits of visiting specific sacred places. He states that bathing at the tīrthas called Vaimānika and Kiḍakiṇīkāśrama results in being honored in the heavenly dwelling associated with the Apsarases and gaining the ability to roam there at will.