Shloka 40

Pulastya’s Tīrtha Enumeration: Sarasvatī, Naimiṣa, Gayā, and Associated Phalaśruti

Chapter 82

Devanagari script

उष्य द्वादशरात्र तु नियतो नियताशनः । प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य जम्बूमार्ग समाविशेत्‌,वहाँ इन्द्रियसंयम और नियमित आहार करते हुए बारह रात रहकर तीर्थकी परिक्रमा करनेके पश्चात्‌ जम्बूमार्गको जाय

Transliteration

uṣya dvādaśarātraṁ tu niyato niyatāśanaḥ | pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya jambūmārgaṁ samāviśet ||

Translation

在那里，当以调御诸根、节制饮食而住十二夜；继而依正法行右绕（pradakṣiṇā），环行圣地既毕，方可进入名为阎浮道（Jambūmārga）之路。

Word by Word

उष्यhaving stayed (after staying)

द्वादशरात्रम्twelve nights (for a period of twelve nights)

तुindeed/then/but

नियतःdisciplined, restrained

नियताशनःone with regulated food/diet

प्रदक्षिणम्circumambulation (keeping to the right)

उपावृत्यhaving gone around / having circumambulated

जम्बूमार्गम्the Jambū-path/road called Jambūmārga

समाविशेत्should enter

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghūlastya (speaker)

Jambūmārga

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual progress is framed as requiring restraint (niyama), control of the senses, and regulated living; only after disciplined observance and reverent circumambulation does one proceed onward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker gives procedural guidance for a pilgrimage observance: remain for twelve nights with vows and regulated diet, perform the prescribed circumambulation, and then proceed to the route known as Jambūmārga.