Shloka 42
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
लोकानपश्यद् गच्छन्तं जैगीषव्यं ततोडसित: । इसके बाद असितने गौओंके लोकमें जाकर जैगीषव्यको ब्रह्मसत्र करनेवालोंके लोकोंमें जाते देखा ।। त्रीललोकानपरान् विप्रमुत्पतन्तं स्वतेजसा
lokān apaśyad gacchantaṃ jaigīṣavyaṃ tato 'sitaḥ | trīl lokān aparān vipram utpatantaṃ svatejasā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then Asita beheld Jaigīṣavya moving onward through the worlds. He saw that brahmin, by the power of his own spiritual radiance, soaring beyond the three worlds to other higher realms—those attained by performers of Brahma-satra and other great Vedic rites—thus illustrating how ascetic merit and sacrificial discipline are believed to bear fruit as exalted posthumous destinations.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores a Mahābhārata ethic of karmic causality: disciplined Vedic practice and ascetic radiance (tejas) are portrayed as generating spiritual merit that elevates one beyond ordinary cosmic limits, suggesting that inner power and righteous observance shape one’s posthumous destiny.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Asita witnesses Jaigīṣavya progressing through realms: the brahmin is seen soaring by his own tejas beyond the three worlds into higher destinations associated with great Vedic ritualists (such as performers of Brahma-satra).