Shloka 25

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

पूज्यमाना मुनिगणैर्वल्कलाजिनसंवृतै: । मनोरमेति विख्याता सा हि तैर्मनसा कृता,वहाँ वल्कल और मृगचर्मधारी मुनियोंसे पृूजित होनेवाली सरस्वतीका नाम हुआ मनोरमा; क्योंकि उन्होंने मनके द्वारा उनका चिन्तन किया था

Transliteration

pūjyamānā munigaṇair valkalājinasaṃvṛtaiḥ | manorāmeti vikhyātā sā hi tair manasā kṛtā ||

Translation

Von Scharen von Weisen geehrt, die in Rindenkleider und Hirschfelle gehüllt waren, wurde die Flussgöttin Sarasvatī unter dem Namen „Manoramā“ berühmt; denn jene Seher hatten diese Benennung durch ihre innere Betrachtung im Geist geformt.

Word by Word

पूज्यमानाbeing worshipped/honoured

मुनि-गणैःby groups of sages

वल्कल-अजिन-संवृतैःclad in bark-garments and deer-skins

मनोरमाManoramā (name)

इतिthus

विख्याताbecame renowned/was known

साshe/that (river/goddess)

हिindeed/because

तैःby them

मनसाby the mind

कृताmade/formed (mentally conceived)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

munigaṇa (assemblies of sages)

Sarasvatī

valkala (bark-garment)

ājina (deer-skin)

Manoramā (name/epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 that sincere reverence and inner contemplation (manasā) by disciplined sages can establish sacred renown—here, Sarasvatī’s epithet “Manoramā”—showing the ethical primacy of inward devotion over mere external ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that ascetic sages, wearing bark and deer-skins, honour Sarasvatī; through their mental contemplation they give rise to her being known by the name “Manoramā.”