Shloka 643

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्ये तपश्चास्य प्रशंसन्ति तपस्विन: । तब बृहस्पति आदि सब देवता और तपस्वी वहाँ आकर जैगीषव्य मुनिके तपकी प्रशंसा करने लगे

Transliteration

jaigīṣavye tapaś cāsya praśaṃsanti tapasvinaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sagte: Die Asketen dort priesen die Askese Jaigīṣavyas; und Bṛhaspati und die übrigen Götter kamen zusammen mit den Weisen an jenen Ort und erhoben das tapas des muni—und bekräftigten, dass geistige Zucht, wenn sie standhaft und rein ist, selbst für die Götter ehrwürdig wird.

Word by Word

• जैगीषव्ये: in/at (the sage) Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैगीषव्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him (of this one)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise, commend
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तपस्विनः: ascetics, men of austerity
• तपस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Jaigīṣavya
• Bṛhaspati
• Devas (gods)
• Tapasvins (ascetics/sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True tapas—disciplined, sustained spiritual practice—commands respect across all levels of existence; even gods honor the moral and spiritual authority generated by genuine austerity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that sages/ascetics praise Jaigīṣavya’s austerities, and Bṛhaspati along with other deities arrive and join in commending the muni’s tapas.