Shloka 36

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

ते कृत्वा चाश्रमं तत्र न्यवसन्त तपस्विन:

Transliteration

te kṛtvā cāśramaṃ tatra nyavasanta tapasvinaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Tras establecer allí un āśrama de ascetas, los sabios entregados a la austeridad se asentaron y tomaron residencia, entrando en una vida de disciplina, contención y práctica espiritual—un giro implícito del tumulto hacia un dharma ordenado.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Prior action to main verb

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• न्यवसन्त: they dwelt / stayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तपस्विनः: ascetics
• तपस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• āśrama (hermitage)
• tapasvinaḥ (ascetics/sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic value of establishing a disciplined space (āśrama) and living with tapas—suggesting that ethical steadiness and spiritual restraint are cultivated through deliberate environment and practice, especially in the aftermath of upheaval.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the ascetics created or set up a hermitage at that location and then stayed there, indicating a transition to settled ascetic life within the ongoing events of the Śalya Parva.