Shloka 13
अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्
Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed
कालोदकं च गन्तासि लब्धायुर्जीविते पुन: । सरस्वतीदृषद्वत्यो: संगमो मानस: सर:
śaunaka uvāca | kālodakaṃ ca gantāsi labdhāyur jīvite punaḥ | sarasvatīdṛṣadvatyoḥ saṅgamo mānasaḥ saraḥ |
绍那迦说道：“你也当往迦罗陀迦（Kālodaka）而去；既得长寿，便可再度安住于生。（亦当往）萨拉斯瓦蒂（Sarasvatī）与德利沙德瓦蒂（Dṛṣadvatī）两河汇合处，以及名为摩那萨（Mānasa）之湖。于此等圣渡沐浴并饮其水，可除迫近死亡之惧；因为人将成为已尽其所当尽者（kṛtakṛtya），遂不复畏死。而若行此朝圣之旅——如普什迦罗、普拉婆娑、北摩那萨、迦罗陀迦、德利沙德瓦蒂–萨拉斯瓦蒂汇合处，以及摩那萨·萨罗瓦罗（Mānasa-sarovara）——便被说能重获长寿与生命之安稳。”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage to sacred waters) with inner completion and fearlessness: by ritual bathing and drinking tīrtha-water, one becomes kṛtakṛtya (as if one’s duties are fulfilled), so the anxiety of near death subsides; the tradition further frames this as a means to regain steadiness and longevity of life.
Śaunaka is enumerating revered pilgrimage sites—Kālodaka, the Sarasvatī–Dṛṣadvatī confluence, and Mānasa lake (along with other famous tīrthas)—and is advising that visiting them for bathing and drinking the waters brings spiritual assurance and is praised as life-extending.