Shloka 2

Vṛddha-kanyā-carita and Balarāma’s Kurukṣetra Inquiry (वृद्धकन्या-चरितम् / कुरुक्षेत्रफल-प्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

तत्राप्युपस्पृश्य बले दत्त्वा दानानि चात्मवान्‌ | सारस्वतस्य धर्मात्मा मुनेस्तीर्थ जगाम ह,धर्मात्मा एवं मनस्वी बलरामजी उस तीर्थमें भी स्नान एवं दान करके सारस्वत मुनिके तीर्थमें गये

Transliteration

tatrāpy upaspṛśya bale dattvā dānāni cātmavān | sārasvatasya dharmātmā munes tīrthaṁ jagāma ha ||

Translation

There too, after performing ritual purification by touching water and then making charitable gifts with self-control, the righteous Balarāma proceeded to the sacred ford associated with the sage Sārasvata—acting with a mind devoted to dharma.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अपिalso/even

उपस्पृश्यhaving bathed/touched water (performed ablution)

बलेin/at Balaka (a tīrtha/place-name) / in strength (context favors place-name)

दत्त्वाhaving given

दानानिgifts/charities

चand

आत्मवान्self-controlled

सारस्वतस्यof Sārasvata

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

मुनेःof the sage

तीर्थम्to the sacred ford/pilgrimage-place

जगामwent

हindeed/for emphasis

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Balarāma

Sārasvata (sage)

Sārasvata-tīrtha

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes