श्रीसद्गुरुरुवाच
वक्ष्यामि यमुनादेव्या माहात्म्यं परमं शुभम् ।
यत्र स्नात्वा नरः क्वापि न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥
The Sadguru said:
I shall narrate the supreme and auspicious glory of the goddess Yamunā, by bathing in which a person never meets with a wretched fate.
śrīsadgururuvāca
vakṣyāmi yamunādevyā māhātmyaṃ paramaṃ śubham |
yatra snātvā naraḥ kvāpi na durgatimavāpnuyāt
वक्ष्यामि · vakṣyāmi — I shall narrate
यमुनादेव्याः · yamunādevyāḥ — of the goddess Yamunā
माहात्म्यम् · māhātmyaṃ — glory
परमम् · paramaṃ — supreme
शुभम् · śubham — auspicious
यत्र · yatra — in which
स्नात्वा · snātvā — having bathed
नरः · naraḥ — a person
न · na — not
दुर्गतिम् · durgatim — wretched fate
अवाप्नुयात् · avāpnuyāt — would attain
अहं यमुनादेव्याः परमं शुभं माहात्म्यं वक्ष्यामि। यत्र स्नात्वा नरः क्वापि दुर्गतिं न अवाप्नुयात्।
I shall narrate · of the goddess Yamunā · glory · supreme · auspicious · in which · having bathed · a person · not · wretched fate · would attain
This verse serves as the introductory invocation to the chapter, establishing the authority and the immense spiritual benefit of the Yamunā's glory. It sets the stage for the reader to understand the river not merely as water, but as a divine entity capable of granting liberation.
