Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 79
Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances
अमावास्यां महातेजास्तत्रोन्मज्जन् महाद्युति: | लोकान् प्रभासयामास शीतांशुत्वमवाप च
amāvāsyāṃ mahātejās tatrōnmajjan mahādyutiḥ | lokān prabhāsayāmāsa śītāṃśutvam avāpa ca ||
វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ នៅរាត្រីអមាវាស្យា ព្រះអង្គដ៏មានតេជៈ និងពន្លឺរុងរឿងនោះ បានងូតទឹកនៅទីធម្មយាត្រានោះ។ ដោយអំពើនោះ ព្រះអង្គបានទទួលបានសម្បត្តិនៃកាំរស្មីត្រជាក់ដូចព្រះចន្ទ ហើយបានចាប់ផ្តើមបំភ្លឺពិភពលោកទាំងឡាយ—សោភ័ណភាពនិងពន្លឺរបស់ព្រះអង្គបានបង្ហាញឡើងវិញ។
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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.
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