Shloka 9

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

Devanagari script

पुण्यदेशाभिगमनं पवित्र परमं स्मृतम्‌ । अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमां गाथां गीतां ययातिना

Transliteration

puṇyadeśābhigamanaṃ pavitra paramaṃ smṛtam | atrāpy udāharantīmāṃ gāthāṃ gītāṃ yayātinā |

Translation

绍那迦说道：“前往圣地，被记为最上之净化。正因这件事，博学之士常引耶雅提王昔日所唱的一首伽陀（gāthā）为例。”

Word by Word

• पुण्यदेशाभिगमनम्: going to a holy region
• पुण्यदेशाभिगमनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यदेशाभिगमन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पवित्रम्: purifying, sacred
• पवित्रम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतम्: is considered/remembered (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Perfective (past participle), Singular

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उदाहरन्ति: they cite, they quote
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• इमाम्: this (f.)
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गाथाम्: verse, gāthā
• गाथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गीताम्: sung, recited
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै
• Form: Past participle (kta), Singular

• ययातिना: by Yayāti
• ययातिना: Karana
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: ययाति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• King Yayāti
• puṇya-deśa (holy region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage—going to a holy region—is upheld by tradition as a powerful means of purification, and this is supported through authoritative exempla (a gāthā attributed to King Yayāti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka introduces a traditional verse (gāthā) sung by King Yayāti to illustrate and validate the claim that visiting sacred places is supremely purifying.