Shloka 17

Asita Devala Observes Jaigīṣavya’s Yogic Attainment and Chooses Mokṣa-dharma (देवल-जैगीषव्योपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

वनमाली ततो हृष्ट: स्तूयमानो महर्षिभि: | तस्मादादित्यतीर्थ च जगाम कमलेक्षण:,तदनन्तर महर्षियोंके मुखसे अपनी स्तुति सुनकर प्रसन्न हुए वममालाधारी कमलनयन बलराम वहाँसे आदित्यतीर्थमें गये

Transliteration

vanamālī tato hṛṣṭaḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ | tasmād ādityatīrthaṃ ca jagāma kamalekṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Entonces Balarāma, ceñido con una guirnalda de flores del bosque, se alegró al ser alabado por los grandes rishis. Al oír su elogio, el héroe de ojos de loto partió de allí y se dirigió a Āditya-tīrtha.

Word by Word

वनमालीwearing a forest-garland

ततःthen/from there

हृष्टःdelighted

स्तूयमानःbeing praised

महर्षिभिःby the great sages

तस्मात्from there

आदित्यतीर्थम्to Aditya-tirtha (a sacred ford)

चand

जगामwent

कमलेक्षणःlotus-eyed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Balarāma

Maharṣis (great seers)

Āditya-tīrtha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in an age dominated by conflict, the text highlights the sustaining power of dhārmic disciplines—receiving praise without arrogance and continuing toward tīrtha (sacred pilgrimage) as a means of purification, restraint, and alignment with higher values.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Balarāma, pleased after being praised by great seers, leaves that location and proceeds to Āditya-tīrtha, continuing his tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) trajectory within the Shalya Parva narrative frame.