Shloka 24

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

चरणौ दहामानौ च नाचिन्तयदनिन्दिता । कुर्वाणा दुष्करं कर्म महर्षिप्रियकाम्यया,उस साध्वीने अपने जलते हुए चरणोंकी कुछ भी परवा नहीं की। वह महर्षिका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे दुष्कर कार्य कर रही थी

Transliteration

caraṇau dahāmānau ca nācintayad aninditā | kurvāṇā duṣkaraṃ karma maharṣipriyakāmyayā ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。足が焼けているというのに、非難の余地なきその女は少しも意に介さなかった。大聖仙（マハーリシ）を喜ばせたい一念から、彼女はきわめて困難な業を成そうとした――痛みを耐え、決意を揺るがせることなく。

Word by Word

चरणौtwo feet

दहामानौburning

चand

नnot

अचिन्तयत्she considered / cared about

अनिन्दिताthe blameless woman

कुर्वाणाdoing / performing

दुष्करम्difficult

कर्मdeed, act

महर्षि-प्रिय-काम्ययाby the desire to please the great sage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

aninditā (a blameless woman)

maharṣi (a great sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in dharma: a virtuous person may endure bodily suffering without distraction when motivated by a higher ethical aim—here, sincere service and the wish to please a great sage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a blameless woman, even as her feet burn, ignores the pain and continues an extremely difficult task, driven by the intention to gratify a maharṣi.