Shloka 79
अमावास्यां महातेजास्तत्रोन्मज्जन् महाद्युति: | लोकान् प्रभासयामास शीतांशुत्वमवाप च,महातेजस्वी महाकान्तिमान् चन्द्रमाने अमावास्याको उस तीर्थमें गोता लगाया। इससे उन्हें शीतल किरणें प्राप्त हुईं और वे सम्पूर्ण जगत्को प्रकाशित करने लगे
amāvāsyāṃ mahātejās tatrōnmajjan mahādyutiḥ | lokān prabhāsayāmāsa śītāṃśutvam avāpa ca ||
Vaiśampāyana said: On the new-moon night, that mighty, radiant one immersed himself there (at the sacred ford). By that act he attained the cool, moonlike quality of soothing rays, and began to illumine the worlds—his splendor and beauty becoming manifest again. The passage underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurrent ethic: sacred discipline and right observance can restore inner luminosity and benefit the wider world.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the purifying and restorative power of dharmic observance—especially bathing at a tīrtha at an auspicious time—by which one’s inner brilliance is renewed and becomes beneficial to the wider world.
On the night of amāvāsyā, a highly radiant figure bathes at a sacred ford; as a result he gains a cool, moonlike radiance and is described as illuminating the worlds.