Shloka 56

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

अमोघागमन कृत्वा तेषां भूयो व्रजाम्पहम्‌ । इत्यद्भुतं महच्चक्रे तदा राजन्‌ महानदी,राजन्‌! उस महानदीने यह सोच लिया था कि मैं इन ऋषियोंके आगमनको सफल बनाकर पुनः पश्चिम मार्गसे ही लौट जाऊँगी। यह सोचकर ही उसने वह महान्‌ अद्भुत कर्म किया

Transliteration

amoghāgamanam kṛtvā teṣāṃ bhūyo vrajāmy aham | ity adbhutaṃ mahac cakre tadā rājan mahānadī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Nachdem ich das Kommen jener Weisen fruchtbar gemacht habe, werde ich wieder zurückkehren.“ Mit diesem Entschluss, o König, vollbrachte der große Fluss damals eine gewaltige und wunderbare Tat.

Word by Word

अमोघागमनम्a successful/fruitful coming (arrival)

कृत्वाhaving done/made

तेषाम्of them

भूयःagain, once more

व्रजामिI go

अहम्I

इतिthus (quotative)

अद्भुतम्wonderful, marvelous

महत्great

चक्रेdid, performed, made

तदाthen, at that time

राजन्O king

महानदीthe great river

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājan (the king addressed)

mahānadī (the great river)

Ṛ

ṛṣayaḥ (sages, implied by teṣām and the context)

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 highlights the value of making a noble person’s (here, sages’) visit meaningful (amogha) and the ethical impulse to act so that others’ efforts and intentions are not wasted; even nature is portrayed as aligning with dharmic auspiciousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The great river, personified, forms the intention to ensure the sages’ arrival becomes successful and then to return by a western route; motivated by this resolve, she performs an extraordinary, mighty action.