Shloka 63
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
त्यक्त्वा गार्हस्थ्यधर्म स मोक्षधर्ममरोचयत् । नृपश्रेष्ठट देवलने मन-ही-मन इस बातपर निश्चित विचार करके गार्हस्थ्यधर्मको त्यागकर अपने लिये मोक्षधर्मको पसंद किया ।।
tyaktvā gārhasthyadharmaṃ sa mokṣadharmam arocayat | evam ādīni saṃcintya devalo niścayāt tataḥ ||
Setelah merenungkan semuanya dengan teguh di dalam hati, Devala meninggalkan dharma kehidupan berumah tangga dan memilih bagi dirinya dharma pembebasan (moksha).
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
That a major ethical-spiritual shift—moving from household obligations (gārhasthya-dharma) to the pursuit of liberation (mokṣa-dharma)—should be grounded in thoughtful reflection (saṃcintya) and firm resolve (niścaya), not mere emotion or social pressure.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devala, after considering various reasons internally, makes a decisive choice: he gives up the householder mode of life and adopts the path oriented toward mokṣa, signaling a transition from worldly duties to renunciant spiritual aims.