Shloka 53

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

तास्तु सर्वाब्रवीद्‌ दक्षो गच्छध्वं शशिनो5न्तिकम्‌ | सम॑ वत्स्यति सर्वासु चन्द्रमा मम शासनात्‌

Transliteration

tāstu sarvābravīd dakṣo gacchadhvaṁ śaśino ’ntikam | samaṁ vatsyati sarvāsu candramā mama śāsanāt ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Da wandte sich Dakṣa an sie alle: „Geht nun in die Gegenwart des Mondes. Auf meinen Befehl hin wird Candramā bei euch allen in gleicher Gesinnung verweilen.“

Word by Word

• ताः: them (those women)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दक्षः: Daksha
• दक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गच्छध्वम्: go (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• शशिनः: of the moon (Shashin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तिकम्: near; to the vicinity
• अन्तिकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समम्: equally
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वत्स्यति: will dwell/live; will behave (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वासु: towards/in all (of you)
• सर्वासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• चन्द्रमा: the Moon
• चन्द्रमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शासनात्: by/under (my) command; due to (my) order
• शासनात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dakṣa
• Candramā (Candra, the Moon)
• Śaśin (epithet of the Moon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Impartiality (samatā) is a dharmic requirement: when favoritism harms communal or familial balance, legitimate authority may intervene to restore fairness and harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dakṣa instructs all the women to return to Candramā, assuring them that the Moon will treat them equally because Dakṣa has issued a binding command.