Shloka 32
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
ब्रजन्तं लोकममलमपश्यद् देवपूजितम् | चातुर्मास्यिर्बहुविधैर्यजन्ते ये तपोधना:
brajantaṁ lokam amalaṁ apaśyad devapūjitam | cāturmāsyair bahuvidhair yajante ye tapodhanāḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: Devala Muni beheld Jaigīṣavya as he was departing to a spotless, divine world—one that is honored by the gods. Such pure realms are attained by those rich in austerity who perform the Cāturmāsya sacrifices in many forms.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.