Shloka 373
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
Devanagari script
स्नात्वा तु भरतश्रेष्ठ निर्मल: स्वर्गमाप्तुयात् । भरतश्रेष्ठ) जो नियमपूर्वक उत्तम व्रतका पालन करते हुए माघके महीनेमें प्रयागमें स्नान करता है वह सब पापोंसे मुक्त होकर स्वर्गमें जाता है
Transliteration
snātvā tu bharataśreṣṭha nirmalaḥ svargam āptuyāt |
Translation
婆罗多族中最卓越者啊，凡在彼处沐浴者，皆得清净而升天。就其语境而言，此偈称颂以戒律守持誓愿，并于摩伽月在普罗耶伽沐浴之功德，视之为涤罪净心、脱离罪垢之道。
Word by Word
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, non-finite
तुindeed/then/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
निर्मलःpure/cleansed
निर्मलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्मल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वर्गम्heaven
स्वर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आप्तुयात्should attain and go (to)
आप्तुयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु) + या (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, Third, Singular, परस्मैपदम्, कर्तरि
Speaker
अजड्रिय उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bharataśreṣṭha (addressee, a Bharata prince/king)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Disciplined observance (vrata) and sacred bathing are presented as practices that purify one from sin and generate merit leading to heavenly attainment.
The speaker addresses a Bharata noble, stating that bathing (implicitly at a praised tīrtha such as Prayāga during Māgha, per the surrounding context) makes one pure and fit to attain heaven.