Mahabharata 9.50.32 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 50, Shloka 32

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

ब्रजन्तं लोकममलमपश्यद्‌ देवपूजितम्‌ | चातुर्मास्यिर्बहुविधैर्यजन्ते ये तपोधना:

Transliteration

brajantaṁ lokam amalaṁ apaśyad devapūjitam | cāturmāsyair bahuvidhair yajante ye tapodhanāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sagte: Devala Muni (Devala Muni) sah Jaigīṣavya aufbrechen zu einer makellosen, göttlichen Welt, die von den Göttern geehrt wird. Solche reinen Bereiche erlangen Asketen, reich an tapas, die die Cāturmāsya-Opfer in vielerlei Formen vollziehen.

Word by Word

• ब्रजन्तम्: going, proceeding
• ब्रजन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु) → व्रजत् (शतृ-प्रत्यय कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमलम्: pure, spotless
• अमलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्यति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देवपूजितम्: worshipped by the gods
• देवपूजितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + पूजित (पूज् धातु → पूजित, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चातुर्मास्यैः: with Cāturmāsya rites (four-month sacrifices)
• चातुर्मास्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुविधैः: of many kinds, various
• बहुविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यजन्ते: they sacrifice, perform worship
• यजन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• ये: who, those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तपोधनाः: ascetics rich in austerity (whose wealth is tapas)
• तपोधनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Devala (Muni)
• Jaigiṣavya
• Devas
• Amala-loka (pure realm)
• Cāturmāsya-yajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents tapas and properly performed Vedic seasonal sacrifices (Cāturmāsya) as dharmic disciplines that lead to pure, exalted realms—so revered that even the gods honor them—highlighting the Mahābhārata’s recurring linkage between disciplined conduct, ritual duty, and karmic fruition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devala Muni sees Jaigiṣavya in the act of departing toward a spotless, god-honored realm, and the narration frames this destination as the kind of world reached by ascetics who perform various Cāturmāsya rites.