Shloka 93

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

विबोध्यते विमानस्थ: सो5प्सतेभिरभिष्ठत: । पुष्कर

Transliteration

vibodhyate vimānasthaḥ so 'psarobhir abhiṣṭhitaḥ | puṣkare prabhāse naimiṣāraṇye sāgarodake devikāyām indramārge tathā svarṇavindau ca snātvā manuṣyo vimānam āruhya svargaṃ gacchati, apsarasaś ca stutibhir enaṃ vibodhayanti |

Translation

他端坐天车之上而被唤醒，众阿普萨拉（天女）侍立左右。若于诸圣地沐浴——普什迦罗、普拉婆娑、奈弥沙林、海水、提毗迦、因陀罗道与金滴（Svarṇavindu）——则其人乘天车升往天界；天女们赞颂着，在彼处将他唤醒。

Word by Word

• विबोध्यते: is awakened / is roused
• विबोध्यते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विबुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• विमानस्थः: seated in an aerial car
• विमानस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमानस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अप्सराभिः: by/with apsarases
• अप्सराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अभिष्टतः: praised / lauded
• अभिष्टतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्तु/इष्ट-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya (speaker)
• Vimāna
• Apsarases
• Puṣkara
• Prabhāsa
• Naimiṣāraṇya
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Devikā
• Indramārga
• Svarṇavindu
• Svarga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the efficacy of tīrtha-dharma: reverent bathing at renowned sacred sites is portrayed as generating great merit that culminates in heavenly ascent, symbolized by a vimāna and the welcome of Apsarases.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ajadriya describes the फल (result) of bathing at specific tīrthas: the pilgrim attains heaven, rides a celestial chariot, and is attended and awakened by praising Apsarases—an image of honored arrival in the next world.