Shloka 66

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

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तु जातकर्मादि कृत्वा सर्व तपोधन:

Transliteration

tasyāstu jātakarmādi kṛtvā sarva tapodhanaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Y aquel asceta, colmado de mérito, tras realizar debidamente para ella los ritos del nacimiento, comenzando por el jātakarma, cumplió todos los sacramentos prescritos».

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• जातकर्मादि: the birth-rites and the rest (i.e., other rites)
• जातकर्मादि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातकर्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done/after performing
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• सर्वः: all/entire; (here) the whole (person)
• सर्वः: कर्ता
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपोधनः: the ascetic/sage (one whose wealth is austerity)
• तपोधनः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• a tapodhana (ascetic)
• a female child (implied by tasyāḥ)
• jātakarma (birth rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed through samskāras: fulfilling prescribed life‑cycle rites is an ethical commitment that sustains social and spiritual order, even when circumstances are difficult.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that an ascetic performed the newborn’s rites, beginning with jātakarma, and completed the remaining required ceremonies for her.