Shloka 46

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

सतु वत्रे वरं देवांस्त्रातुमहथ मामित:

Transliteration

sa tu vatre varaṁ devāṁs trātum arhatha mām itaḥ

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「だが今こそ、神々のうち最もすぐれた者たちよ、ここより我を守護せよ。」危難と道義の重圧のただ中で、語り手は神の加護へと身を寄せ、人の力と世の支えが及ばぬときの避難と保全を求めた。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• व्रते: in the vow/observance
• व्रते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्रातुम्: to protect/save
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for infinitive)

• अर्हथ: you (all) are able/ought
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• devāḥ (the gods)
• Vatra (place, as read in the given text)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When circumstances become overwhelming, one may seek refuge in higher principles and divine protection; the verse models humility and the ethical recognition of human limitation amid crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s voice (Vaiśampāyana) conveys an urgent appeal addressed to the gods, asking them to protect the speaker ‘from here’—a brief prayer-like interjection within the tense events of the Śalya Parva.