Shloka 57

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

अरुन्धत्या वरस्तस्या यो दत्तो वै महात्मना । तस्य चाहं प्रभावेण तव कल्याणि तेजसा

Transliteration

arundhatyā varas tasyā yo datto vai mahātmanā | tasya cāhaṁ prabhāveṇa tava kalyāṇi tejasā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Heilvolle, durch die Macht und den Glanz jenes Segens, den der Großgesinnte Arundhatī verlieh, werde auch ich getragen und befähigt (zu sprechen/zu handeln) durch dein Strahlen.“

Word by Word

अरुन्धत्याby Arundhatī

वरःa boon

तस्याःto/for her (of her)

यःwhich/that (boon)

दत्तःgiven

वैindeed

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

तस्यof that (boon)/thereof

चand

अहम्I

प्रभावेणby (its) power/effect

तवof you/your

कल्याणिO auspicious lady

तेजसाby (your) splendor/energy

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Arundhatī

mahātman (unnamed great-souled benefactor)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical idea that spiritual merit and boons (vara) granted to the virtuous carry real efficacy (prabhāva) and radiance (tejas), supporting righteous speech and action; it also invokes Arundhatī as an ideal of auspicious virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, continuing his narration, refers to a boon bestowed upon Arundhatī by a great-souled figure and states that, through the power of that boon and the listener’s auspicious radiance, he is able to proceed—an invocation that frames the ensuing account as protected and sanctified.