Shloka 66

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

यान्यगम्यानि तीर्थाणि दुर्गाणि विषमाणि च | मनसा तानि गम्यानि सर्वतीर्थसमीक्षया

Transliteration

yāny agamyāni tīrthāni durgāṇi viṣamāṇi ca | manasā tāni gamyāni sarvatīrthasamīkṣayā ||

Translation

若有人渴望遍观一切圣渡处（tīrtha），则凡因道路艰险、地势崎岖而身不能至之朝圣之地，当以心往之：以观想与省察，遍历诸 tīrtha 于内。此教示明言：真诚之志与内在忆念，能成就肉身所不能及者，而不失朝圣之伦理旨趣。

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अगम्यानि: not to be gone to / inaccessible
• अगम्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगम्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तीर्थाणि: pilgrimage-places, sacred fords
• तीर्थाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• दुर्गाणि: hard to traverse, difficult
• दुर्गाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विषमाणि: uneven, rugged
• विषमाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तानि: those (places)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• गम्यानि: to be gone to / should be visited
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वतीर्थसमीक्षया: by (the act of) viewing/considering all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थसमीक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-समीक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha (pilgrimage places)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage is not only physical travel; when sacred places cannot be reached due to difficulty or danger, one may fulfill the intent through mental visitation—recollection and contemplative review—so that devotion and dharmic purpose are preserved despite practical limits.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadri is instructing about the proper way to undertake a comprehensive tīrtha-yātrā: for remote or hazardous tīrthas that cannot be visited bodily, the seeker should 'go' there with the mind, treating inner contemplation as a valid form of darśana.