Shloka 67
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
नैवमित्येव शंसन्तो जैगीषव्यं महामुनिम् । नात:ः परतरं किंचित् तुल्यमस्ति प्रभावत:
naivam ity eva śaṃsanto jaigīṣavyaṃ mahāmunim | nātaḥ parataraṃ kiṃcit tulyam asti prabhāvataḥ ||
彼らは「然らず、まことに然らず！」と宣し、大牟尼ジャイギーシャヴヤを讃えた。「彼を超えて高きものはなく、威力と霊験において彼に比肩する者はない。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the traditional Mahābhārata valuation of tapas and spiritual efficacy: true superiority is measured not by worldly status but by prabhāva—inner power born of ascetic discipline and realized wisdom.
Vaiśampāyana reports that people (or interlocutors in the account) emphatically speak in praise of the sage Jaigīṣavya, asserting that none surpasses him and that no one equals his spiritual potency.