Shloka 79
Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances
अमावास्यां महातेजास्तत्रोन्मज्जन् महाद्युति: | लोकान् प्रभासयामास शीतांशुत्वमवाप च
amāvāsyāṃ mahātejās tatrōnmajjan mahādyutiḥ | lokān prabhāsayāmāsa śītāṃśutvam avāpa ca ||
Vaiśampāyana sagte: In der Neumondnacht tauchte jener von großer Kraft und strahlender Herrlichkeit dort, an diesem heiligen Furtplatz, unter. Durch diese Tat erlangte er die Eigenschaft kühler, besänftigender Mondstrahlen und begann die Welten zu erleuchten—sein Glanz und seine Schönheit traten wieder hervor.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the purifying and restorative power of dharmic observance—especially bathing at a tīrtha at an auspicious time—by which one’s inner brilliance is renewed and becomes beneficial to the wider world.
On the night of amāvāsyā, a highly radiant figure bathes at a sacred ford; as a result he gains a cool, moonlike radiance and is described as illuminating the worlds.