Shloka 26
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
पञ्चानामेकपत्नीत्वमित्येतत्कथितं तव ।
श्रूयतां बलदेवोऽपि यथा यातः सरस्वतीम् ॥
pañcānām ekapatnītvam ity etat kathitaṃ tava | śrūyatāṃ baladevo ’pi yathā yātaḥ sarasvatīm ||
So habe ich dir von den Fünfen berichtet, die nur eine Gattin hatten. Nun höre auch, wie Baladeva ebenfalls zur (Flussgöttin/ zum Fluss) Sarasvatī ging.
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FAQs
The verse functions as a narrative hinge: after clarifying an unusual marital arrangement (five sharing one wife), the narrator redirects attention to another exemplary episode—Baladeva’s journey to Sarasvatī—suggesting that conduct, lineage, and sacred travel are to be understood through connected narratives rather than isolated facts.
Primarily within Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (genealogy and dynastic/heroic accounts), since it closes one explanatory thread about family relations and introduces a related heroic/sacred-journey episode.
Sarasvatī, beyond being a river, evokes purification and sacred speech/knowledge; Baladeva’s ‘going to Sarasvatī’ can be read as movement toward śuddhi (ritual purity) and prajñā (right understanding). The transition from social order (marital arrangement) to tīrtha (sacred locus) symbolically links dharma in society with dharma grounded in sanctifying waters and wisdom.