Shloka 26

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

महापुर उपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषित: शुचि: । त्रसानां स्थावराणां च द्विपदानां भयं त्यजेत्‌

Transliteration

mahāpure upaspṛśya trirātro'poṣitaḥ śuciḥ | trasānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca dvipadānāṃ bhayaṃ tyajet ||

Translation

阿阇陀利耶说道：“若有人在摩诃补罗的圣渡口沐浴，守持清净，并禁食三夜，便能舍离由一切众生——动者与不动者——乃至由两足之类（人）所生的恐惧。”

Word by Word

• महापुरे: at the great city (i.e., at Mahāpura-tīrtha)
• महापुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उपस्पृश्य: having bathed / having performed ablution
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• त्रिरात्रोपोषितः: one who has fasted for three nights
• त्रिरात्रोपोषितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रसानाम्: of moving beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स्थावराणाम्: of immobile beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• द्विपदानाम्: of bipeds (humans)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्यजेत्: should abandon / gives up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Non-past (injunctive sense), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya
• Mahāpura (tīrtha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual purification at a tīrtha combined with disciplined fasting (three nights) is presented as a dharmic practice that removes fear—symbolically indicating inner steadiness and moral confidence gained through self-restraint and sacred observance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes the fruit (phala) of a specific vow/observance at the Mahāpura sacred ford: bathing there and fasting for three nights leads to freedom from fear caused by various beings, including humans.