Shloka 57

Devanagari script

पिड़तीर्थमुपस्पृश्य ब्रह्म॒चारी जितेन्द्रिय: । कपिलानां नरश्रेष्ठ शतस्य फलमश्चुते,नरश्रेष्ठ! पिंगतीर्थमें स्नान एवं आचमन करके ब्रह्मचारी एवं जितेन्द्रिय मनुष्य सौ कपिलाओंके-दानका फल प्राप्त कर लेता है

Transliteration

Piṅga-tīrtham upaspṛśya brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | kapilānāṁ naraśreṣṭha śatasya phalam aśnute, naraśreṣṭha ||

Translation

古胡拉斯提亚说道：“人中最胜者啊，凡在圣地平伽圣渡（Piṅga-tīrtha）沐浴并行阿遮摩那（ācamana，净口礼），以梵行（brahmacarya）自持、制御诸根者，得施舍百头黄褐色牝牛（kapilā）之功德。”

Word by Word

पिङ्गतीर्थम्Pingatirtha (a sacred ford/place)

उपस्पृश्यhaving touched/washed; having performed ācamana

ब्रह्मचारीa celibate/student observing brahmacarya

जितेन्द्रियःself-controlled (having conquered the senses)

कपिलानाम्of tawny cows (kapilā cows)

नरश्रेष्ठO best of men

शतस्यof a hundred

फलम्fruit/result

अश्नुतेattains/obtains

नरश्रेष्ठO best of men

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ghūlastya

Piṅga-tīrtha

kapilā cows (tawny cows)

Character Dynamics

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?

The verse teaches that pilgrimage gains its highest value when joined with inner discipline—brahmacarya and control of the senses—so that ritual purity reflects moral purity; such conduct yields merit comparable to major acts of charity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker named Ghūlastya is describing the spiritual benefits of a specific pilgrimage site, Piṅga-tīrtha, stating that bathing/ācamana there by a self-restrained brahmacārī grants the fruit of donating a hundred kapilā cows.