न ह्यम्मयानि तीर्थानि न देवा मृच्छिलामया: । ते पुनन्त्युरुकालेन दर्शनादेव साधव: ॥ ११ ॥
na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni na devā mṛc-chilā-mayāḥ te punanty uru-kālena darśanād eva sādhavaḥ
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- ap
- of water
- mayāni
- composed
- tīrthāni
- holy places
- na
- not
- devāḥ
- deities
- mṛt
- of earth
- śilā
- and stone
- mayāḥ
- composed
- te
- they
- punanti
- purify
- uru-kālena
- after a long time
- darśanāt
- by being seen
- eva
- only
- sādhavaḥ
- saints
Mere bodies of water are not the real sacred places of pilgrimage, nor are mere images of earth and stone the true worshipable deities. These purify one only after a long time, but saintly sages purify one immediately upon being seen.