Shloka 103

Devanagari script

जगाम भगवान्‌ स्थानमनुरूपमिवात्मन: । उन पुत्रोंकी त्याग-तपस्यासे संतुष्ट रहते हुए वे पूजनीय महात्मा गौतम दीर्घकालके पश्चात्‌ अपने अनुरूप स्थान (स्वर्गलोक)-में चले गये

Transliteration

jagāma bhagavān sthānam anurūpam ivātmanaḥ | (putrāṇāṃ tyāga-tapasyā-santuṣṭaḥ pūjanīyo mahātmā gautamo dīrgha-kālasya paścāt svānurūpaṃ sthānaṃ svarga-lokaṃ jagāma) |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: The venerable sage, satisfied by the renunciation and austerities of his sons, departed after a long time to a realm befitting his own spiritual stature—his proper abode in heaven.

Word by Word

जगामwent

भगवान्the venerable one, the blessed (sage)

स्थानम्place, abode

अनुरूपम्suitable, befitting

इवas if, like

आत्मनःof himself

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Gautama

sons of Gautama

Svarga-loka (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that renunciation (tyāga) and disciplined austerity (tapas) are spiritually efficacious: they bring contentment to the wise and culminate in an end ‘befitting one’s own merit’—a moral causality linking conduct to destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the revered sage Gautama, pleased with his sons’ renunciation and austerities, departs after a long time to his appropriate heavenly abode (svarga-loka), marking a closure or transition in the episode.