Shloka 2

Ārṣṭiṣeṇa’s Siddhi and the Tīrtha-Boons; Sindhudvīpa–Devāpi Brāhmaṇya; Viśvāmitra’s Tapas Begins

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानं द्विजातिभ्यो रजनीं तामुपोष्य च । पूजितो मुनिसड्घैश्न प्रातरुत्थाय लाड़ली,भरतनन्दन! वहाँ ब्राह्मणोंको दान दे उस रात्रिमें निवास करनेके पश्चात्‌ प्रातःकाल उठकर मुनिमण्डलीसे सम्मानित हो महाबली लांगलधारी बलरामने पुनः तीर्थके जलमें स्नान किया और सम्पूर्ण ऋषि-मुनियोंकी आज्ञा ले अन्य तीर्थोर्में जानेके लिये वहाँसे शीघ्रतापूर्वक प्रस्थान कर दिया

Transliteration

dattvā dānaṃ dvijātibhyo rajanīṃ tām upoṣya ca | pūjito munisaṅghaiś ca prātar utthāya lāṅgalī bharatanandana |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「二度生まれの婆羅門たちに施しを与え、その夜を断食して過ごしたのち、仙人たちの集いに敬われた鋤持つバララーマは、暁に起きて定めの儀礼を行い、すべての聖仙の許しを得て辞去し、他の聖なる渡し場を巡るため速やかに旅立った。」

Word by Word

दत्त्वाhaving given

दानम्a gift, charity

द्विजातिभ्यःto the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

रजनीम्the night

ताम्that

उपोष्यhaving stayed (spent the night)

चand

पूजितःhonoured, worshipped

मुनिसङ्घैःby groups of sages

प्रातर्in the morning

उत्थायhaving risen

लाङ्गलीthe plough-bearer (Balarama)

भरतनन्दनO descendant/joy of Bharata!

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Balarāma (Lāṅgalī)

Brahmins (Dvijāti)

assemblies of sages (muni-saṅgha)

Janamejaya (implied by 'bharatanandana')

tīrtha (implied by the pilgrimage context)

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?

The verse presents a dharmic model of conduct: charity to worthy recipients, self-restraint through fasting, and humility shown by accepting and seeking the blessings/permission of sages before proceeding—suggesting that spiritual discipline should accompany even heroic stature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Balarāma, during his tīrtha-yātrā, gives gifts to Brahmins, keeps a fast through the night, is honoured by sages, rises at dawn, and then departs promptly—after taking the sages’ leave—to continue on to other sacred places.